I can already feel the warmth of your embrace,
Though your arms have yet to hold me.
I can already feel your breath in my ear,
Though I've only heard your voice over the phone.
Your heart already beats as one with mine,
Though our bodies have yet to meet.
I've already tasted the salt of your tears,
Though I have yet to kiss them away.
Your body already joins mine in dreams,
Though all I have seen is your face in a picture.
I already live as though we are married,
Though I have yet to place the ring on your finger.
I am already devoted and faithful to you,
Though our vows have not been spoken.
My hands have already explored every inch of you,
Though you have yet to respond to my touch.
I can already smell your perfume, your breath, your essence,
Though we have yet to be in the same room.
The taste of your mouth lingers in mine,
Though we have yet to kiss.
I already feel you surrounding me and within me,
Though we are physically so far away.
Our hearts and souls are already one,
Though we have yet to even meet.
I already miss you every second of every day,
Though we have not yet been together.
I already need you as much as the air I breathe,
Though there are thousands of miles between us.
I'm already with you wherever you are,
Every second of every day that you think we're apart.
I already know I love you beyond all else,
And want you with me for the rest of my life.
I already know that no matter how much time passes,
Words will never be found to tell you how I really feel…

- L.C., 2001