So, I have this issue . . . . There is this person, who I care for . . . . Not in the conventional sense . . but, a bit *more* . . . . We've been friends for many years . . . And, things have never really gone beyond, ya know? I've had these feelings for a long, long time . . . Never really thought she has felt the same . . . But I can't be sure . . . I get little things out of the things we talk about that almost convince me that she cares more for me than just as a friend . . . Truth be known . . . I love her . . . I'm in love with her . . . I could be good to her . . . Could be there for her . . . .

She is dating a guy . . . He has no idea who she is . . . What she is . . . What she needs . . . The thing is . . . Neither does she . . . She doesn't see herself as anything more than "ordinary" . . . Afraid to be who she wants to be . . . Afraid to open up.  I'm the only person she can open up to . . . I'm the only one who cares . . . I wish she could see me that way . . . She's so scared of opening up, but I get it out of her . . . No one can find her emotionally, cuz she's scared to be found.  I'm too scared to try . . . .

I love her . . . . I love her . . . .