"An Open Love Letter To Evangeline Lilly:" by Yellow Tuxedo

Beloved Evangeline, Freckles, my Beautiful Tiger Lilly:

It has been a long time since I have seen you last. Why, just last night I was looking through old episodes documenting our last time together: has it really been nearly a year? They say there are four seasons every year, but to me it feels as if each season lasts a year. Time moves slowly when you are in love, yet hopefully by the conclusion of this fourth "season" of our relationship we can close the calendar on this year of our lives and start a new one together as lovers.¼/span>

I fear that perhaps that time that has passed since our last encounter has wedged some undesirable distance between us. I am told that you are currently caught up in a pretty complex romantic relationship of your own. I guess I can understand that: I haven't exactly been around to meet your needs since May 23rd, 2007. Then again, I haven't seen you make much of an effort together either. I suppose that this is natural, given the intensity of the feelings we both find ourselves feeling for one another; perhaps we both needed some time to get away and seriously re-think everything that we have experienced with each other and for each other over the last three years (though for you it may only have felt like a few months!). Nevertheless, I have something to propose to you, my dearest Evangeline:

Come back to me. I have learned that living a life without you there with me is not only dull, but impossible for me to do. I feel as if I am constantly plagued by thick black smoke, keeping me from understanding where I am going or what I am doing in life without your love. I need you and I need you soon. Please rescue me. Should you find yourself in the same position as myself, you need only give me a sign. I understand that you are busy with all of your new friends (and enemies!) and that it may be difficult to write me back, telling me of all your feelings. I have planned for this accordingly and suggest this: if your feelings for me are as great as mine for you, meet me at the place where I first laid eyes on you tonight at 7 PM CST, or, as I like to call it, our time.¼br>
I will be waiting there and then for you to show up. If you want nothing to do with me from here on out, simply do not show up. I will not resent you, but I will suffer from a broken heart. However, should you show up to the place where I first saw you at 7 PM CST, you need not explicitly say anything or explain why you are there or what you are feeling—the fact that you are there will say what words never will.¼br>
I hope to see you tonight, my dearest. My heart aches for you daily. As Simon and Garfunkel once wrote: "I am a rock, I am an island." Please return to me and save me from this awful, lonely place: this rock, this island.¼br>
I'm lost without you: my love, my life, my Evangeline.¼br>
Forver and Always,¼/span>

Michael James¼/span>

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