"One True Love Memory"

 

by Dalton C. Teczon

 

     If only all the memories could be summed up by only one,  but they cannot. And as the memories spin around in my mind, I favor this one.

 

     Word Perfect 6.0 had just come out and despite my computer literacy, I was stuck with this version. All I could think of was to call her and this would be a great excuse for the call, as she excelled with computers, but she beat me to the call. I often wondered if she could read my mind. A day turned into weeks, I couldn't get enough of talking to her. I found myself rushing home from work and staring at the phone everyday, awaiting the ring that would mean she was calling me. I was awed by her intellect as well as her smooth, soothing voice as she would give the solution to my dilemma. Soon enough, the phone held too much distance and I longed to be in her presence.

 

      Sure, I kept telling myself, she's just my friend, but I knew I felt perfectly at home with her. Home, I was home with her. My heart became overwhelmed with the discovery. A comfort and peace I never knew.

 

      We meshed on levels I had never known anyone else able to reach. We talked about the universe, about things I couldn't talk to most people about. I found her to be accepting, gentle, and kind.

 

      Mesmerized by eyes of ocean green, I was willingly caught up, caught up in love. Though I tried to pull away, afraid to fall, afraid of whether I would ever land, my soul knew that I had found completion. And now we fly together still after 15 years. For I knew not that I could fly until we leapt together.

 

      Forever in love, my true love and I.