This is for anyone who got into a bar fight with life recently who walked on eggshells or thin ice or through fire so someone else wouldn’t have to who did something grossly unreasonable or irresponsible and liked it and will do it again who gave more than they received who always will because they never learned how not to who loved or tried to love as though the world depended on it (it does) who felt more alive than dead and wasn’t ashamed to show it who danced in the rain or cried in a closet or went mad in an attic who realized there is no such thing as defeat or victory only the sweet sugar of struggle only the joy of perseverance who skipped work or school or dates to sit somewhere listening to birds who never needed an excuse or a reason to stand naked in the moonlight who camped shivering on a mountainside for two weeks to watch a forest become a rainbow who went to the ocean drowning in tears to come back cleansed and remade their skin full of saltwater and sunshine who wandered under canopies of skyscrapers when trees were hard to come by and ended up better for it who chased each glimmering moment with a butterfly net and bottled their laughter in mason jars who slept on a bench or low in a ditch or anywhere just to be under the stars who was more present than past or future and will always strive to be who made it this far who still feels ready to go further this is for you and you and you I just wanted to tell you that I love you more than you will ever know that I hope you never stop being beautiful you