I, too, want to be as brave.
I, too, want to be able
to write a letter addressed to you,
to make a mixtape of all your favorite songs,
to write poems with your name written in bold,
to paint your face as vivid as it appear in my dream,
to say to your face how much you mean to me.

But I'm not.
I'm terrified.
I'm a coward.

So for now, I continue
writing prose and poetry
addressed to everyone,
hoping that maybe
it'll find its way to you.