A Love as Big as a Mountain

I remember when I first laid eyes on you.

I remember when I fell in love with you.

A deep, long lasting kind of love.

You were my first.

You had the power to take my breath away. Every day.

You lifted my soul in ways I had never experienced before.

I loved staring at you. Noticing every detail.

How different you looked from one moment to the next.

From a different angle.

The way the sun made you shine. And a storm showed your strength.

You were always so powerful.

In an unpredictable way. But an inspiring way too.

Inevitably, I had to leave...

But I found myself longing for you when I was far.

My mind showing me a mirage of your outline in the distance.

I missed you.

I knew I had to find you again.

That my utmost happiness resided in your proximity.

I needed you.

But life sent me in all directions.

Where I found other loves.

Not bigger. Not better.

Different loves.

You were my first. But not my last.

I grew with them.

I found myself.

I opened my heart to more.

But I will never forget you.

Seeing you again today brought it all back.

The passion. The energy.

The young love.

I still love you.

Always.

The Rockies.

Always and forever before the others.