A Letter for Linda
by Richard Markland


Hello Sweetheart:

Once again you are on my mind. I just want you to know that I carry you photograph wherever I go. I actually find myself talking to you. You see, it helps me to deal with your being gone.

I miss hearing your voice and being able to feel the warmth of your touch. If only I could tell you how much I love you. Even though I told you thousands of times when we were together, I’ve never tired of the words. I still say them as if you can hear them.

I thank you so much for being a part of my life. How the time went by so quickly. I looked at photographs of you today. They brought back so many memories. I miss your laugh and your beautiful smile.

How did I ever find someone like you? How did it happen that our paths crossed? I was so fortunate to be with you to the very end. There was a real beauty about your spirit. If only I could tell you so many things that I feel.

Linda, my life is empty without you. I have such a difficult time believing you are not here. So many times I shut my eyes and wish all of this would go away. For almost 30 days now I haven’t seen you. I am having an impossible time comprehending your not being here.

I just wanted to write this letter to you before I go to bed. If only you were lying next to me. How I miss smelling your hair and feeling the softness of your touch. I do dream about you and sometimes I do wish I didn’t wake up to face another day. At least when I am asleep, I don’t hurt with a pain that simply won’t go away.

I see the rain and it is my tears. There have been many that have fallen the past few days and there will be many more. You see, when you suffered so much for the past months, my pain began and has only worsened. God is the only one that can take it away and only when I see you again will it be completely gone.