Dear Girl

Dear Girl, 

I see you, 

You are light and
The sun should be ashamed 
You enter and every 
Shadow in every room breaks 
You are darkness too 
With all the uncertainty, 
mystery and the 
What shouldn't be's 
Still and more so 
You are beautiful. 

I hear you, 

When you speak 
The wind quiets and 
Rain trickles into 
drops crystal clear 
Forming a puddle 
Of intricacy and importance 
Of every word you say. 

I feel your heart, 
How it pounds for 
Every injustice you see in others 
Or yourself. 
How you know what is 
Right and what is not 
What pains you, 
What drives you, 
What makes you happy.

No matter what, 
No matter how hard
how grueling, 
how much loneliness
you have to endure, 
You dear girl are 
Not perfect, will never be
And not perfect is fine 
Because perfect is not real 
But what you are is, 
What you are is beautiful 
You are beautiful, 
Every single piece of you--
Light, darkness 
Quiet, noise 
Aching, joy. 
Your body, your mind 

Your heart. 
You are beautiful. 

And you, my dear sweet girl 
You are real. 
You are seen, 
You are heard, 

Remember, remember, 
I am here.