The kind of love you never recover from

[anonymous]

I just found out that my first crush from high school passed away several years ago. I was always so tongue tied around her I was never able to get past the awkward shy stage. Even as an adult, 20 years later, I could barely speak to her and I'm sure I sounded like a nutcase.

A mutual friend mentioned that she had passed on, shortly after I last saw her. Not that it would change my life now, but I will never have the chance to tell her how great she made me feel just to be near her, even if I couldn't speak.

I feel like a part of me has passed on with her, the potential of telling her what I was feeling and taking that risk.