Hide and seek

I knew what love was when I saw her for the first time. Her eyes screamed, “I love you” when she glanced at me that day. It was quick, just a split second, but that was all it took for me to know that she was the one that I was meant to be with for the rest of my life. 

She liked to play the chase game. Go to her favorite coffee shop everyday. Then only twice a week. Then once a week. Then sometimes twice a month. Then ultimately not at all. 

Hide and seek. Here I come.

I loved a good challenge and much more a good chase. She knew it too. But most of all she knew how much I loved her. 

She knew it with every gift and bouquet I would leave at her door. 

The one issue was that her pesky boyfriend kept getting in the middle of our forever. But I was patient. And when she silently asked me to stop leaving presents for her, I obliged. Sadly. Hardly. But I did. 

I grew worried about her safety when she picked up and moved out of nowhere. When she quit her job. I knew she did because she would now stay home while I was parked outside her job making sure she got to her car safely at night, but she was nowhere to be found. What was your boyfriend doing to you my dear? 

I heard her silent cry for help. So I did that. I helped her. I freed her. I brought her home with me. By my side, where she belonged. Her eyes screamed “I love you” as she looked at me from the back of my car. Just like they did when we first met. 

I wanted her so badly from the very beginning. I wanted every piece of her just to myself. It saddened me to know that it wouldn't be that way. If she would have just known that I was the one for her, I wouldn't have had to keep pieces of her under my tree and scatter the rest of her immaculate body around town. 

I just wanted all of her, but know I have to settle for parts of her. What a shame.