I wish you could feel about yourself the way I feel about you You’d always smile, because you’d see the joy you spread all around

(For My Darling Lex)

People called you ugly I don't understand why You're a beautiful, shining rainbow lighting up my sky

Today was miserable Awful, horrible Everything went wrong It was the worst of days

Sometimes You get swallowed by sadness Dragged down by loneliness And that's okay

(For Denali, My Love)

I promise to be there for good times and bad Whether you’re smiling and happy or crying and sad

There will always be people who want you to be something different Something that you are not Something that you don’t want to be

One Year Ago

I found myself at my lowest point Barely keeping my head above water My brain screaming to give up But I held my head up long enough to take out my tools and fix it

Not long ago You were always alone And no matter how you tried Nothing seemed to change that

(For Lex, My Darling)

How could anyone hate you?

You stand up for those you love with a ferocity like no other You love with your whole heart with such passion that even I can tell

People have always wanted you to be exactly one certain way They didn’t want you to change day after day after day