I didn’t know I was going to love you this long. You were supposed to be just a fling, a bit of summer fun. But as the weather cooled, I found myself dreaming of your eyes. Your laughter fills up the dusty corners of my brain, like a thick fog. You coat every waking moment. Your dark features bring my life brightness. When you are near me I cannot help but want to touch you. I reach out just long enough to graze your hand, but you do not seem to notice. She does though. I know she can see it in my cheeks. She’s never said a word, not to me anyway. She’s a better woman than I. But then again she does get to fall asleep in your arms at night, so maybe she is just aware she won. You love her, we all can see it. How I wished it was me, all the while knowing it never would be. I knew from the first night, we would never be more than this. We aren’t even friends, I couldn’t say for certain what it is you do for a living. You never even told me your middle name, how foolish of me to claim I love you when I barely even know you.