Sam and Emma: A Love Story in Emails - 1

Love need not die
Nor wither away
Because two hearts, two souls
Are miles apart.

Though time and space
Put each beyond
The other's reach
The love remains

And even if an ocean lay between
Two lovers
Enduring love connects the two
Until the end of time.

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From: Sam T
To: Emma Landauer

Date: January 7, 2006

My Dearest Emma,

You have been gone for only a few days now. I still go to the phone to call you, before I stop myself. I am having a hard time adjusting to the fact that you have returned to Europe. Who knows how long it will be before we are able to see each other again. I am really afraid that when I have taken in that reality, there is going to be a terrible void in my world. I sense that a little even now. But I have not yet felt the full impact of that realization.

Please know that I miss you already. Our love for each other has survived despite impossible odds and difficult circumstances. And now you are gone and I am here and you are there. What are we to do? All we can really do is take things one day at a time and undoubtedly we will find out how all this is going to play out.

I hope you find what it is you are looking for. What I am afraid is that you are running to Europe to get away from your demons. I hate to break it to you, but you take your demons with you wherever you go. And I can't be there to help you get through the bad times, now. So I worry about you, because I care about what happens to you.

No matter where you go, you have left your handprint on my heart. No matter how far away you are from here, you are a part of my life and will always be a part of my life.

After you have gotten settled in, please write me and let me know how things are going.

With great love,

Sam

To Be continued