My dearest ZZ,

 

There are no words that describe you except your name.

 

Your name is poetry itself,

The waves against the sand,

The feel of sun on my skin on a warm spring day.

 

Your name describes all that is beautiful.

Your name is comfort, security, home.

It's beautiful chaos, adventure, excitement.

It screams "LET ME BE YOUR LIGHT!"

It's the green-blue of your eyes.

The way your mouth curves when you smile.

The way you make me laugh when I'm in tears.

 

Your name means "It's okay. You can be yourself."

Your name is the way I have only ever gotten butterflies around you.

It's finding a four-leaf clover just by looking down.

It tells me that I am beautiful.

It's the way I always want to look at you.

The way I want to kiss your tears.

The way I want to heal your scars.

 

Your name is riding horses into a sunset for our happily-ever-after.

Your name is what makes me believe in love at first sight.

It's how I see you and my day is instantly better.

It says "Let me lift you up, set you free."

It's how I crave being near you.

How I want to be your light.

How I need you more than I'd like to admit.

 

Your name is the sky at sunset,

Light pushing through the clouds,

Scattering color across the world.

 

And all I can do is see it and hope it lasts.

 

-Ivy