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] Fallan (or A Feeling)
] [http://www.hackunix.org/~derekm/fallen.txt]
] by Derek P. Moore
] Sometime in December
]

    I've slipped and fallen in.  "Fallen in what?" you ask.  In a word:
love.

    I've been tossing the notion around in my mind for a while.  But I'm
completely certain of it now.

    How do I know I'm in love?  I don't know if anyone can answer that
question perfectly.  It just feels right, it feels good.  I know what love
is to certain extents.  I loved once before.  But this emotion I feel now
is a different kind of love.  A stronger love.  A happier love.  A
healthier love.  And what feels to be an equal love.

    I wanted so bad to tell her tonight.  To tell her that I've fallen for
her.  But I couldn't.  I almost did, though I didn't.  It's hard to tell
someone just that on the very night during which you fully and
completely realize it.  How does the other respond?  Are their feelings
the same?  How do you word it in the first place?

    Simply, "I love you."?  Or possibly...  "May I tell you something?
You don't have to respond.  I just wish to let you in on a little secret.
I'm falling in love with you."?  Or a million other ways...

    I've fallen in love and I'm still falling.  We have absolutely so much
in common.  We get along so well.  We know so much about each other.  Yet
these things can, with diligence and time, only grow deeper, stronger, and
greater.  And I hope the feeling only continues to flurish for much time
to come.

    I've fallen in love and it feels great.  I only pray that the feeling
is somewhat mutual.  And if it's not now I'm sure it can be some day.