Dear, Wendy ~

You are so very far away. It's a strange truth for me to think on.

When it’s midnight for me, it’s noon for you.  When I can’t see my shadow, you can see yours.

Often when the sun is shining on you, my world is bathed in moonlight. While you go about your day, I am fast asleep. While you have breakfast, I have dinner.

And the only way to remedy this is to fly.

A very long flight. Across oceans, and mountains, and islands, and jungles. One would have to fly very high to reach such a faraway destination – perhaps in the clouds. But it can be done. My head is in the clouds more often than not, after all. The clouds feel like home.

Why is London so very, very far from Neverland?

Strange, how we met. Completely by chance. The right place at the right time. A serendipity. A happy accident. A missing shadow and fairy dust.

Stranger still, is why we met. Because we both refuse to grow up. We both cling to endeavors of which many adults would say we need let go. We should have let go. Many years since. But we refused.

We both find solace and peace in a venture that is often enjoyed by those much younger than us. And I believe, because of that, we will remain young forever. We’ll never grow up. We’ll always feel the desire to fly away, over the treetops and mountains and rivers, to new and exotic places. We’ll never be satisfied until every part of every world has been discovered and thoroughly explored. We’ll have a chronic case of wander lust and the need to chronicle our travels until this life ends.

Lost Boys forever.

But, in truth, I would choose being lost with you over being found any day. Lost is not lost with you, Wendy; it’s an adventure.

Distance – that pesky rogue, our very own Captain Hook – uses our limited time and means to keep us apart. But like all villains, he will eventually be thwarted by our courage and determination. I’m not afraid of the proverbial Captain Hook, or his flying ship full of vicious pirates.

Peter Pan never surrenders.

We may be very far apart – different worlds, in many ways – but I take comfort in knowing that the sunlight you feel on your skin is the same sunlight that will shine on me the following day. The moon that watches over you as you sleep will then watch over me when night falls upon my world. Our worlds may be different, but our universe is the same, and as long as that remains true, we will remain friends.

So, let’s never grow up.

Let's choose to fly.

Let's believe in magic.

Let’s stay together, even while we’re apart.

Think of me, and you'll never be alone.

Believe in me, and I’ll be real in your world.

If you ever look down and see an extra shadow, you’ll know it’s mine. Because, whether you see me or not, I’m right there beside you.

And if your world, your reality, is ever too much to bear, we'll always have Neverland. We can visit, for a time. A short, precious time.

You remember the way, don't you? Of course you do. A true Lost Boy never forgets:

Second Star to the Right, and Straight on Till Morning.

You will always have a place. Right by my side.

Yours forever,
Peter


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