We cut out from our paper hearts
pretty ruffled valentines.
And I'm crazy proud to say it,
I am yours and you are mine.
Always and forever,
but forever isn't real.
How do I put into words
these too-big things I feel?
Maybe it's like hot, hot air,
rising to touch the sky.
Or maybe it's like the softest bed,
warm to hold you while you cry.
I know sometimes life gets hard,
I know that sometimes we forget.
But I promise I'll love you forever and past,
no matter how hard these times get.
Neither of us is perfect,
we're neither happy optimists.
But we all need a solid wall to grab us,
and pull us in hard by the wrists.
Some nights, I need you to hold me.
I need you to tuck me in safe and warm.
Jesse, you're my best friend, my safety,
and you keep me so safe from my harm.
And I know some nights you need me,
I promise I'll always be there.
'Cause really, you won't ever ever know
how very much it is that I care.
Jesse, a serious poem,
it was never once my intent.
But there's so many things, just so many things,
I say so many things I've never meant.
Never once in my life have I hated you,
never once have I chosen to leave.
And I'm sorry for all the fights and the tears,
especially ones caused by me.
I want you to be happy, my dear one,
your laugh is a light in my world.
Jesse, smile just once, just right now...
and know you make me a very lucky girl.
Best friend, know that I love you.
Know that you're my need and my light.
You say that the stars are my place here,
but without you, they wouldn't shine half as bright.
