I can already feel the warmth of your embrace
Though your arms have yet to hold me
I can already feel your breath in my ear
Though I've only heard your voice over the phone
Your heart already beats as one with mine
Though our bodies have yet to meet
I've already tasted the salt of your tears
Though I have yet to kiss them away
Your body already joins mine in dreams
Though all I have seen is your face in a picture
I already live as though we are married
Though I have yet to place the ring on your finger
I am already devoted and faithful to you
Though our vows have not been written
My hands have already explored every inch of you
Though you have yet to respond to my touch
I can already smell your perfume, your breath, your essence
Though we have yet to be in the same room
The taste of your mouth lingers in mine
Though we have yet to kiss
I already feel you surrounding me and within me
Though we are physically so far away
Our hearts and souls are already one
Though we have yet to even meet
I already miss you every second of every day
Though we have not yet been together
I already need you as much as the air I breathe
Though there are almost 4000 miles between us
I'm already with you wherever you are
Every second of every day that you think we're apart
I already know I love you beyond all else
And want you with me for the rest of my life
I already know that no matter how much time passes
Words will never be found to tell you how I really feel…
- L.C., 2001, revised 2008 (My soul knew before I did... or I couldn't have written this and have it express us here and now so perfectly - I love you, my angel)