How to Love Unconditionally.

I don’t know how to explain this without sounding lost,

because I am.

I don’t know why I think of you, love you.

I don’t know when I fell.

I don’t even know how my heart quietly chose you without asking my permission.

All I know is this:

Something in me opened when you arrived.

And that has never happened before.

I can talk to you. Really talk.

Not just words,

but the thoughts I usually hide,

the feelings I don’t know how to name,

the quiet corners of my heart that have always stayed locked.

With you, they unlock on their own.

And I don’t understand why.

You are different from other people that I've met before,

My soul recognizes you.

It hears a language I’ve always known

but never heard spoken out loud

until you.

And maybe that’s why I fell.

Not with logic.

Not with reason.

But with recognition.

I love you in a way that feels old and new at the same time.

A love that doesn’t ask to be owned,

only to be honest.

And, maybe all of this is part of learning,

I am learning to love you without conditions,

to protect without trapping,

to care without controlling,

to support your growth even when it means standing a step behind you, quietly cheering.

Still…

Please be patient with me.

Sometimes my feelings overflow.

Sometimes the urge to hold you close feels heavier than my hands can carry.

Not because I want to have you,

but because my heart feels safe near yours,

and safety is something I am still learning how to trust.

If I love you gently, it’s because I’m learning.

If I love you deeply, it’s because I can’t help it.

If I love you imperfectly, it’s because I’m human.

I don’t have answers.

Only truth.

And the truth is,

I love you.

Even if I don’t fully understand why.

Yours