There are people in my life some far and a few near,

old friendships and new,

that I wish to write love letters to.

I long to tell them about their grace, their intelligence, their fierceness, their beauty,

their bravery, their courage to be different.

To let them know how much their beautiful inside shines out, I feel this is my duty

I long to write these love letters and send them to my friends

Letters about how much I love and adore these things about them.

But i’ll write and send these letters, to what end?

They don’t know my quiet appreciation for all that makes them who they are

So for now I won’t write them love letters,

i’ll just keep these sweet appreciative lines inside

And hope that they know they’re always on mind

Even when the distance between us is so far.

x