"Dear Dylan"

Dear Dylan, I’m not one to address a name in my poems,

But I’ll dedicate this one to you.

It’s not of hate, but of love, and feels like finding home.

It feels like a long time, you’re like someone I knew. 

Dear Dylan, it seems you’re the perfect choice.

Dear Dylan, you come at me and make me believin’

In new beginnings, and better days.

You make me believe what destiny’s weavin’

Is a love that’s safe and in a better place.

Dear Dylan, with you, I’ve found my voice. 

I can’t help myself feeling the way I feel,

You give me something to believe in.

Something that is real. 

But Dylan, part of me is still afraid.

My past broke me, I don’t know how to begin.

Right now, I need not a lover, but a friend. 

Dear Dylan, I meant it when I say I felt it.

The connection, it’s there for everyone to see.

But I’m still healing, could you wait a bit? 

I’ll untangle myself from the pain to be free.

Dear Dylan, I hope you’ll be patient with me.

Dear Dylan, there are doubts and fears in my head

I can’t distinguish the lies from the truth.

In the past, words were said and tears were shed.

I don’t need the drama, I’m way past my youth.

Dear Dylan, would you stay or would you flee?

I can’t help myself feeling the way I feel.

I don’t even know if I’m still capable of loving.

All I know is that I need some time to heal.

But Dylan, I know I’m asking you too much to wait.

My past clearly reduced me to nothing. 

Right now, my only source of strength is faith. 

Dear Dylan, I wanna love you and I wanna do it right. 

I don’t wanna hold back and I wanna give you my heart.

I’ll give you warmth, I’ll be your fire burning bright. 

I have so much to give, and I can’t wait to start.

But Dear Dylan, I can’t love you with the baggage that I have.

Dear Dylan, would you commit the same mistakes he did?

Would you grow cold on me, and leave me?

Would you hide me away in a jar with a tightly-closed lid? 

Would you make me cry as much as there’s water in the sea? 

Dear Dylan, I need you to prove to me that you’re my other half. 

I can’t help myself feeling the way I feel. 

I wanna be free, but I’m still stuck with the same damn thing. 

I need something to hold on to, something ideal.

Dylan, would you hold me and wait for me 'til I’m all better?

I don’t see you as a rebound, I don’t see you as a fling.

I want us to be something more, more than this love letter.

Dear Dylan, I hope you don’t mind me leaving

This poem for you, with all the love I could give.

I know it’s not enough, but I’m still grieving. 

I’ll get over this someday, and let our love live.

Dear Dylan, I hope you’ll stay and wait for me.