I carried all my letters in my chest
Unmailed unread and never once addressed
The thoughts that never found a willing nest
Became a weight that stole the air from rest
You offered me a notebook and a pen
Said “Write it all I’ll read it to the end ”
In every line I learned to breathe again
To trust the eyes of lover and of friend
You didn’t rush to label right or wrong
You simply hummed and turned my words to song
My name once small grew steady brave and strong
As if it had belonged here all along
So if the world forgets what I have done
And counts me as a solitary one
I’ll open to the page where you first came
And see you smiling guarding my true name