I hate this feeling of being perfectly content with waiting for her, for as long as she needs, but also wanting to move on.
It's a bittersweet feeling... definitely bitter when I remember how she played me, but sweet when I remember how much I loved it and couldn't see the error.
She tells me 'it's me, not you', and some of my friends have halfway convinced me she's right, but no matter what they say I know I'm part of the problem too. The funny thing is... I don't see us as a problem that needs solving. I know I love her, no matter how stupid I am for it and no matter how fruitless my efforts have been, and will continue to be. I know, for the entirety of my life, she won't be my only love. She wants to eventually marry a man and have children, and I don't like looking forward to big commitments like that anyways- I just wish she'd see how much her presence means to me now. In this moment.
I still remember that first time I spilled my feelings to her; how she told me that sweet, patient, life-changing kiss didn't mean anything. I clearly remember scanning my eyes over that text message, and felt myself internally pause. I paused to cry, I cried and cried because I didn't understand. And mostly because I immediately thought I'll never get to experience her lips again.
Her words that night are replayed every day in my head. That conversation was a couple months ago from today. As much as it hurts me, I use it as fuel.
I sort of made a second round, because I'm a stubborn person and I try my best to get what I want. I put in a valiant effort, and I worked myself up to being at ease around her again. I let the feeling of 'home' return to radiating off of her, I let myself enjoy the smell of her perfume and I talked to her. I watched her smile, and kept the image in my head longer.
It turns out my second turn has ended. This last spill was a big one, because she told me she wanted me to vent all of my bottled feelings to her. I'm really... really glad she cared enough to allow me to cry over her again (though she doesn't know I've cried over her at all). With the end of this second round, it's been easier to kind of accept things for how they are. She gave me a speech about how we don't know what the future can hold. She told me we couldn't be together now, maybe in the future, maybe this summer. Then again, maybe not. I'm hoping you'll come around this summer like you did a couple summers ago... even if it is just a benefits thing. I'll take what I can get, unfortunately. I feel a certain kind of ease now that I know she knows the extent of my love. Knowing for sure she can't and won't return that love hurts like you wouldn't believe, but for some reason I think I'm okay today. And of course I'll have bad days where I'll want to die because I'll realize, once again, that her love isn't for me, but for now I'm okay. I won't say I'm not going to wait on her, because I really am anticipating the midsummer days this year, but now I think I can make it until then.