Have you ever been in love with someone who turned their back on you? I’m thinking of one particular man who made it abundantly clear that he didn’t want a relationship with me, after giving me one (and apparently, only one) chance for love with him. Unfortunately, I blew that chance for love to smithereens by being bossy, impetuous, and unreasonable. Rather, I’m not entirely sure what my biggest crime was, but the bottom line was that I blew it by hurting him in some unforgivable way. It’s hard to say I wish I hadn’t done that, because I don’t believe in trying to negotiate with the past. But what I do know, from where I sit today, is that I never stopped loving him, and on some days I actually feel more in love with him than ever. So this is exactly what I would say to this man, my former lover, if I ever got the chance — I promise to be nice if you come back. I would hold his love close to my heart, and never let it go for a second, now that I’ve experienced all the pain of living without it. I would meet him exactly where he was, and make no demands that I knew he couldn’t fulfill. I would be happy with him, and with what is, instead of trying so hard to push him into being what he was not. But, you see, he would have to be the one to come back to me, otherwise I would be giving him what would amount to just another forceful push. Pull him close to me again, is what I ask the power of True Love to accomplish. In the wise words of yet another postcard I made, I’d like to treat you so well!❤️‍🔥—Y.B.D.