I just don't have the way with words that I used to.
There was a time, before, when words were something I could 
cling to, when there were only words to keep me afloat, and when 
I felt that only through those words could I stay connected to
the world.  But since then, no words really mean the same
to me. Instead I find that the words can be replaced with things more 
meaningful.

I've thought a lot about what love means to me, as I think 
you recall. I once considered love to be measured by what 
people put up with; you could love someone enough to put up with this or that.  But in time I 
found myself changing and now love can be something else, something more 
important to me. I think that love is really a type of acceptance.  
If I say that I feel that you love me, I mean that, for once, I really feel that I can be myself, without fear of 
judgement.  When I tell you I love you, I mean to say that I want you to feel safe being yourself, 
because you are wonderful.