i love this boy.

"love is real. it is not just in novels or the movies. it is fact. and it is standing here right in front of you. so if you open your eyes, oh what a sweet discovery, there is hope, and there is joy, and there is acceptance. so now let all of the light that collects on your plants keep you warm, make you smile. and i will be there with this pen in my hand to record all the while you'll be laughing so loud that the house would shake with sound and everything will be as new as the day it was found. love is real. it is not just in long distance commercials. or something that you thought you felt back in high school. so I will turn black and white become that horoscope you're reading. it predicts something good is on its way. oh, and then I will send you the world green and blue in a box through the mail. you can open it up, hold it right in your hand and be glad that it's there and be glad that you're there. now you can feel all the knots in your stomach start to untie. and suddenly it's not so hard to say you're all right. love is real. it is not just in poetry and stories. it is truth, and it will follow you everywhere you go from now on. so if you'd just cast off your doubt then your lips would answer for you, oh my darling, when you smile, it is like a song and I can hear it now..." -conor oberst