...but I still love you.

When I saw this, for some reason, it struck me as sad. It conjured up all kinds of scenarios, unrequited love, adultery, cruelty - who knows.


But then I found the beginning of the sentence and it just didn't fit for me. I wanted it to read something like, "You're gone, but I still love you," or "You don't love me, but I still love you," or "You treated me badly, but I still love you." That's what I wanted. But the reality is completely different from what I imagined - yet again.