Dear Matthew
I like you a lot
I realize you're in a relationship
with someone right now
and I respect that
I would like you to know
that if you're ever single in the future
and you want to
come visit me in California
I would be
open to spending time with you
and finding out how old you were
when you wrote your first song
Dear Jonathan
I liked you too much
I used to be attracted to boys
who would lie to me
and think solely about
themselves and you were
plenty self-destructive for my taste
at the time
I used to say
the more tragic the better
The truth is whenever I think
of the early nineties
your face comes up with a vengeance
like it was yesterday
Dear Terrance
I love you muchly
You've been nothing but open-hearted
and emotionally available
and supportive and
and nurturing
and consummately there for me
I kept drawing you in
and pushing you away
I remember how beautiful it was to
fall asleep on your couch and cry
in front of you for the first time
You were the
best platform from which to jump
beyond myself
What was wrong with me
Dear Marcus
you rocked my world
You had a charismatic way about you
with the women
and you got me seriously thinking about
spirituality
and you wouldn't let me get away
with kicking my own ass
but I could never really feel relaxed
and looked out for around you though
and that stopped us from going any further
than we did
and it's kinda too bad
'cause we could've had much more fun
Dear Lou
we learned so much
I realize we won't be able
to talk for some time
and I understand that as I do you
the long distance thing was the hardest
and we did as well as we could
We were together during
a very tumultuous time in our lives
I will always have your back
and be curious about you
about your career
your whereabouts