you never let me draw you. ever since i met you, i’ve been drawing you in my mind but you’ve never let me before. i like to draw people, especially the ones i love and most of them don’t mind, most of the time they think it’s sweet. but you won’t let me draw you. are you worried if i do, that it’ll turn out ugly, or maybe you just don’t like my drawing, or you just don’t like how you look? are you afraid that i won’t do you justice? oh, darling i can assure you, if only i could, i swear i would capture the starlight in your eyes, the moonlight shining against your skin, the curve of your chin and that wicked smile of yours i know so well, and the way your curls twist around your face, as if to frame a work of art. yes, i can assure you, if you ever let me draw you, it would be a masterpiece.
Eryn Flynn, ’24