Dear Ellie,

If I could tell you, out loud at school,
I know that I’d do it. I’d do it, I would.
I’d shout it out for the whole world to hear.
But this is for you, so lend me your ear.

I don’t know how long I’ve known it.
A month?
A year?
My feelings aren’t straight.
Aren’t perfect.
Aren’t clear.
But what I do know is you light up my life.
Without you it’s darkness. Without you, no light.
‘Cause you burn like a fire.
So fierce.
So bright.
Your hair and your eyes, they light up the night.
People say no one’s perfect. They’ve said for so long.
But whenever you smile, I know they are wrong.

And although I seem bold, and although I seem strong,
It took so much courage to write you this song.
The words all came easy and the rhymes even better.
But the hardest of all, was pressing the enter.

So I hope that you read this so it wasn’t a waste.
No, I didn’t steal it. No copy and paste.
It’s all from my heart, I typed it by hand.
So if you just read it, that’d be oh so grand.

And though it seems cheesy, and immature, too,
I want you to know that I really love you.

~yellow <3