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HARBORING FEELINGS OF LOVE

She was in love with him, but she could never let him know. She loved to watch him walk, move,
breathe, and loved the way he smelled. Not expressing her feelings was difficult,, but she could not

let herself give in to them.

Being around him daily, she could feel her strength beginning to slip away. Deep inside, she knew
she had already lost her heart to him. This man was reviving a part of her that she thought dead.

Working for the same company did not help her situation. Today at the company picnic was even
worse for her. She knew too well the pain that comes from loving someone only to lose them —
the kind of pain she could not allow herself to live through again.

He came and sat next to her at a picnic table. Briefly, their eyes met and the realness of it threw

her into a state of panic. She had to get away from him. She excused herself and began walking
down an unfamiliar path in the park, listening to the breeze blowing through the overhead trees,