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Near, Far, Wherever You Are

An open letter to internet friends.

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Near, Far, Wherever You Are

Dear Internet Friends,

You are so, so special. Despite the evils of distance and time differences you still seem to stick around. Our relationship isn't ideal, but having to work hard to maintain a friendship so dear makes it all the more special. I can't describe how rewarding it is to know that you and I have private jokes and special things that we don't share with anyone else; I've let you into my heart and you have let me into yours.

On bad days I don't want to see or talk to anyone else, and on good days you make me feel invincible. Life without you would suck, in the simplest term possible. It isn't easy to wake up everyday with the desire to talk to someone or see them in person and then not get to do those things but we stick through it. You make the hard times worth going through. I wish that we weren't separated; sometimes I wish we could do simple things together like go to lunch or watch a movie, maybe have a sleepover, and when I go out with my other friends I genuinely wish you were there.

I can't wait for the day that we finally get to meet in person. We talk about it all the time and it feels discouraging that after so long we still haven't done this. I don't give up though. My heart leaps every time you write a post about me, and I smile every time you text me. You know me in a way that my friends in person don't. While there is a certain element of friendship we don't have due to only talking through screens, I feel closer to you than I do anyone else. I tell you absolutely everything about my life because I know that I can trust you. You don't judge me for anything, and I take solace in this. I can be myself with you; with you, I am my better self.

I occasionally stay up at night wondering about what it will be like when we finally get to see each other. I really hope that I don't disappoint you, because God knows that you will be even more amazing in my eyes. You are the singular most important person in my life and I wish I had a better way to let you know how I feel than to make a photo collage or write a Tweet. I don't always know how to express myself, but I know that you understand.

Whoever said that soulmates hat to be romantically involved? I think those people are very wrong. You and I must have known each other in all our past lives, because you are the truest friend that I have. You are my soulmate, and I believe that I am yours. We were meant to be in each other's lives one way or another.

I hope that someday the picture below will be us. I will probably scream and cry and never let go of you.

Then again, knowing us, we'd run toward each other and fall and get concussions...

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I love you and you mean the world to me.

Until we meet,

xx Tori.


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