i want to watch the Perseids with you, hours after the sun tumbles over the horizon, and i want to marvel at the starry sky with you, vividly, under the darkness of the new moon.

i want to tell you my hopes and dreams under the wonders of the streaked night sky. i want to listen to your breathing, thankful for your life and your friendship. i want to listen to you share your dreams, blessed by knowing your beautiful heart and mind. i want these moments of wonder to change us, as we are made aware of how infinitesimal we are. i want to know you more as we plot to change our corners of the world by loving everyone. we experience joy and peace in the earth's daily routines and meteoric interruptions.

knowing you has changed me immeasurably, i am a better person because of you. i am so proud of you for your growth and tenacity. i enjoy you and the years of friendship and learning and growing.

i want to watch the Perseids with you, one thousand five hundred sixty-five miles away, and i want to marvel at the starry sky with you, separately, in the quiet solitude of the new moon. i want to tell you, to listen to you, to change with you, to know you more. . .in due time. we experience joy and peace in the life's daily routines and fiery interruptions.

i won't eclipse you, my friend. be authentically you. i love you and i will accept you as you are.