Sweetie

Sweetie,

you are worth so much more

than even your own mind tells you.

You're beautiful in more ways than

your mirror can tell you.

Your mind runs rampant with beautiful ideas

and beautiful love

that you are not yet ready to accept.

Because love terrifies you.

No one has ever shown you the love you've always deserved.

To you love means leaving.

To you love lacks trust.

To you love is more pain than happiness.

But sweetie,

there is a boy who loves you so.

He's just so scared to let you down.

And you're too scared to let him get too close.

Because no one's ever looked at you the way he does.

Or really looked at you at all.

But it's okay.

He means what he says.

And if he doesn't,

I do.

You fight dirty.

And you know where to place your daggers,

as do I.

But at the end of the day,

each and every one of them,

I love you.

And it won't make up for all the ones who don't

or didn't.

But I hope it helps you see yourself

as the beautiful,

talented,

smart,

person that you are.

Sweetie,

you deserve to see yourself as the rest of us do.