to know me is to know you, because you are inextricable from my heart.
you’re the music that floats through the woods, the thrill that rises from riding quads, and the laugh that bubbles its way from out of my chest.
to know me is to know every part of how you shaped me.
how you listened, intently, even when i had nothing important to say. how you helped everyone around you, with grace and patience. how you walked in a room and suddenly the room was much more vibrant than before.
to know me is to know that i love you. that no matter how much i wish that this was easier, that even though a year has passed, i still miss you.
i miss your hair flopping into my face even when i knew i would push it away from my nose. the way you never cared if you were silly in your texts and snaps to me. the soft brush of your lips across me, and knowing that it never had to be anything more.
to know me is to know the intricacies in which you tie into me. my heart, my life, my very soul.
i don’t believe in very much, i’m too pessimistic and shortsighted for that. but i’ve never stopped believing in you. believing that you would make it, that you would never be anything except who you always were and everything you could be.
to know me is to know you. i can only hope that you feel the same, but i would never ask that of you. i would never ask a thing again if it meant you got everything you wanted, needed. i just simply ask that you think of me from time to time.
that you think of our days spent in the sun, learning copious amounts of steps, songs, and choreo. that you think of the nights i slept over, and you’d stay with me until you had to fall asleep. that you think of me when you see any silly hair color, that it reminds you of a time i had it. that when you hear something from 10 things i hate about you, you think about how much i love the movie. i hope you think about our arguments too, not in a way that hurts you, but in that i wanted you throughout all of them.
to know me is to know you, because you are so much a part of me i don’t know who i would be without your influence.