did you ever say something foolish like "I love you" at the wrong moment.

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I mean when you might have thought you were being romantic or something. Or maybe you tried to save a relationship that was too far gone, you said it at the wrong moment of course... You thought you were so sincere and then she just looked at you, maybe she handed you back all those silly love letters, maybe she smiled but she was too kind to laugh... she just handed the words right back to you, then she just drove away. Not even a "see you later"... Then for one very magnifcent second, you tried to chase the car down the block, but she is too fast. It was just a thought, to run after that car past your neighbor's house, I struggled for a few steps and stopped. Maybe you just knew the evening wind was gonna blow that tear right off your cheek if you turned your head back towards the porch, so you just stuck your face on the inside of your elbow, holding the dozen or so letters with your other hand. I am so glad i threw the letters away soon after she gave them back to me. They were all opened, I guess she had read them. I can never imagine EVER wanting to re-visit those words... even though it was so long ago... it was a deep part of me, best that i just left them in the trash. Foolish words, a foolish year.