Hello, beautiful girl
with whom I share so much
I have crafted my words
into a little composition just for you.

With just a little thought
a picture is sprawled before my eyes
not of pixels or pigments
but of syllables, and sounds in the dark.

I did not understand from the start
what this entailed
as we met under strange circumstances
and even stranger pretenses.

But, I suppose I couldn't help
feeling such intense emotions blossom
in the depths of my heart
empathy and sympathy and all of those other things.

It pained me, shook me, drove me mad
until the thoughts burst from my chest
thumping like a hummingbird's wings
rapid, frantic, and slurred with tears.

However, I could not expect gratitude
from someone so far away and above me
and thus I shall pay those debts
with all I can give.

So, I have created this little selection
of words, phrases, and lines
to say what I am unable to speak
and it is only for you.

And, however simply or unsimply you may see it, thank you, Deanna, for for being you.