Because I Love You
When a friend is confused or worried or just plain old needs a pick me up that’s all the medicine they need. At least that’s how it works for my friends. Anyways, they feel worthless, tired, not good enough, or all three put together; and I look them in the eye and when they pull their gaze from the screen I tell them what I think of them honest and clear. “You are the most beautiful person I know,” I say. They smile at me like I’m making a great joke. So I keep looking them in the eye and I repeat it slowly so that they don’t confuse my meaning for an instant. “You are the most beautiful person I know. I love you, and I couldn’t imagine a world without you.” This time they believe me. Then we rush off to class because that takes three or four minutes and tardies are no fun.
To me ‘because I love you’ is a pact to your loved ones. When you love someone you try as hard as you can to give them the joy that they bring into your lives everyday. That’s why Percy fell into Tartarus. Why Katniss resisted. Why Gee risked it all. Sadie and Carter even fought the god of Chaos. But most of all that is why you’re still alive and reading this.
Don’t you dare deny it