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I need help guys.

Is telling someone that you love them a way of getting over them?

>know girl for 7 years
>despite legitimately strong friendship, kept my love a secret
>friendship started because I liked her but there was a missed connection
>asked her out on a date, said yes, was late coming home for me to pick her up and since i was carpooling with another couple and we were seeing a movie, we had to go
>get a call from her like 15 minutes later but it's too late
>fack
>later tell her I like her but she's talking to another boy (this was sophomore year HS)
>we stay friends and become pretty close
>times when I was there for her and times when she was there for me
>been talking less past few years (different colleges, she became involved in a legitimate relationship, still is)
>while at college, become friends with hella girls, fuck some of them
>years go by and still can't shake HER from my mind
>maybe go two weeks then boom there she is again
>never tell her but keep in touch enough to talk like every few months, sometimes more often
>this is still happening
>I've had enough
>feel strong compulsory urge to just tell her the truth even if it ends the friendship
>don't wanna do it if my feelings will stay the same afterwards
>simultaneously feel like I need to do it in order to move on
>not trying to end her relationship
>just want her to know but not sure if that's selfish
>or the right thing to do

Tragically, I don't have a chance to do this with her face-to-face as she now lives in NorCal and I'm in SoCal. So, I have a message written up (3/4 of all our conversations have happened via text anyway, even when we're in close proximity for the lulz)

All I'd have to do is hit enter. Thoughts? Should I or shouldn't I? What's the downside to telling her, despite the possibility of losing her as a friend, which I'm prepared for if it comes to that? Most importantly: Could doing this help me move on?