Dear Cory Michel Smith,

please do be careful, i worry the people will misuse your kindness; i’ve seen so much misuse of kindness.. please protect your heart— i love you so achingly much.

but i know your heart even tho you’ll say i dont… i’ve tasted it before, i’ve felt it on nights sleep was too far out of reach.

it must be hard— to once have been so used to the silence, only to be thrust somewhere unknown; i can only think of your safety, your well-being.

i am foolhardy at best, my love touches everyone, everywhere— even me, in places i cannot reach.

take each breath as it comes, and if they come too fast, remember to ground.. put both feet on the floor and close your eyes and remember the earth as it used to be— not as it is.

the world can be a very scary place, i understand this— and when it gets too scary, please remember who you are — not who everyone wants you to be… but you!

many, many, many, many, MANY KISSES AND HUGS!!