To Love - Julia Kinney

I loved you. 

I loved your intelligence, 

never acting as if you were better than anyone. 

I loved how sociable you were. 

Everyone liked you, it was effortless. 

I loved your eyes: 

a soft, sky blue, comforting and knowing. 

I loved your smile and your laugh; 

the overall energy you emitted. I thought you were always happy, until I learned you weren’t. 

I loved that you trusted me, 

as much as you can trust a friend. 

And I loved you even when it was clear you didn’t love me. Yes, I loved regardless, and I still love, 

though tied to that love is a soft hatred. 

I love that hatred too.