If only you could see how beautiful you are
If only you could see what I see
You’d see the way you light up my world
By only just existing
Every time you smile
I swear my life becomes ten times more pure
Every time you laugh
I swear I become ten times more innocent
You opened me up to a new world
Surrounded by color and clarity
I don’t know where my life would be
If you were not right next to me
I watch the sun as it kisses your face
The way it sets your hair aglow
Or the way it lights up your eyes
And the piercing black becomes a startling brown in which I wish more to know
When you secretly tried to hide your tears
But I catch one rolling down your cheek
I would do anything to fight your demons
And hug you into a peaceful sleep
When you become angry
And try to hold in your frustration
All I can focus on is the cute way your button nose scrunches up
And I forget all of my agitation
When you laugh
It sets heaven alight
You are the cause for all the bright stars in the sky
That shine clearly in the night
If only you could see how beautiful you are
If only you could see what I see
You’d see the way you light up my world
By only just existing
L.C. Anderson High School
9th