I saved this one for your birthday, Monsieur M.
Every year I have known you has deepened my love for you. You are the quiet one, the soulful one. You are a poet-photographer, a lover of words but a man of few; you make living look easy but I know you do it with intention and great care. You deserve every kindness that has ever been paid to you and will no doubt pay each forward with no thought of earning or keeping score. You make the world look more beautiful than I'd ever dared believe it to be.
Why is your sea so far from mine?
One day, on a birthday far from now but close enough to dream about, we will walk along the same patch of sand, follow one another's shadows, lean against the same good strong wood and call it home. I will meet you there.
Oh my I just read this now. I may be a bit at a loss to truly convey my appreciation, but I can say with ease that you're an amazing person whose words are kind and honest and your spirit to love is an inspiration to me. Thank you. xo
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