I remember reading your last letter
You told me your life felt different, you didn't know who you were anymore
You said the clouds didn't remind you of serenity anymore
You said the ocean didn't speak to you the way it used to
You said the coffee was more bitter than it used to be
You said my eyes looked different and you didn't like how that made you feel
You said I took you for granted, which is probably true
But oh God, when you left you took me with you...
I hate looking at myself in the mirror now, because I now see how much uglier I look without your arms around my waist
I hate waking up because it's another day I woke up without waking up to you.
Now all coffee tastes the same. It all tastes like your lips in the morning.
I go to sleep and pray that if there is a God, could (s)he take me to you.

But the truth is that even though you're gone I still feel like you're here.
I drive past our coffee shop and you're there.
I do math homework (your favorite subject) and you're there
I talk to your other friends and you're there.
I saw your mom at the grocery store and oh God there was so much of you in her. (or maybe vice versa)
Honestly I'm falling apart every single day. Every day.

I miss your jokes so much.
I miss how you'd get mad when I asked you to  repeat things.
I miss you making fun of me.

But now these walls are closing me in and I need to get out before I'm stuck in this black hole of my thoughts of you.
Stop suffocating me.
Stay away.
Because every time I hear our song it feels like I lost you again.
And I keep seeing you in my sleep.
This is the last time I will write you.
Let me move on.

I need you to be my lover or you can't be in my life at all.
*I can't just be your friend.

I thought I would not know the best feeling in the world until I was older.
Until the first time I made love with the one I'm spending forever with.
Until I won the lottery.
Until I tasted the best cup of coffee.
Until he came back
Until I looked in the mirror and was actually pleased with my reflection
But no.
The best feeling in the world was when I thought you gave up on us and you were done but you texted me "Good morning<3"

I woke up and I'm still suffocating
Oh God please give me space

This went from a fairy tale to my worst nightmare in an hour
And now I'm on my bathroom floor trying to make sense of this through paragraphs.
I haven't felt this sense of loneliness since he passed.
You said this would be fine.
You said this would work.
Now you're ignoring my phone calls and even your flannel isn't making this better.
I wanted this.
I wanted you so bad.
Now I can't breathe and my stomach is in knots.
Make this better my love.

I'm falling in love with every part of you.
Like the way you run your fingers through your hair
And the way you hold you arms out and wiggle your fingers when you want a hug
And the way you laugh awkwardly at almost everything
I'm falling in love with you flannels and those converse that used to be white
And the way you say my name
And how I can't trust anyone but for some reason I trust you
You're making me believe in good people again and that scares me.

I'm embarrassed to say that I miss you so much.
Even your bad jokes.
Especially your bad jokes.