Will
I may not believe in God
But I do believe in saviors
And I very much believe that you are mine.
You came into my life
Not like a wounded animal on my doorstep
Begging for me to save it,
But like a bird flying down from the sky
With an offering of peace.
No, in our story, I was the wounded animal,
And you were the one who saved me.
I fell down at the doorstep of your heart
Looking for a friend who could heal me,
Who could be there for me,
And you opened the door wide and
let
me
in.
And not only did you welcome me with open arms,
You shaped me.
You made me the person that I am, and
Although that person is far from perfect
– Very far, in fact –
He is better because of you.
You
are the one who keeps me holding on
You
are the one who gives me my courage
You
are the one who keeps the light inside of me,
The light that may sometimes flicker
But refuses to go out.
I pour out so much of my heart into you
And yet the amount of me I give
Never seems to be too much,
It’s always just the right amount,
As much as I want to give
And as much as you want to receive.
Whenever I am with you,
Sitting next to you
or
across from you
or
just anywhere
in the same room as you,
I feel at home –
Because for me, my home
Is wherever I am with you.
It’s something I can’t explain,
Can’t put into words,
But being with you
Is the best medicine
I’ve ever taken.
So I guess what I’m trying to say
Is that this is my incredibly cliche,
incredibly cheesy,
incredibly roundabout
way of saying
I love you,
I really love you,
and thank you so much
for everything
you have done.
Cameron Carter is a 9th-grade writer, artist, and amateur musician at Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in the Creative Writing department. He is passionate about using poetry and other forms of art to express himself and raise his voice. Through activities like writing, drawing, playing guitar and drums, and singing (or often doing metal screams), he pushes himself forward to achieve his goals and make himself known for who he truly is.
