A Letter

You don’t know me and you probably don’t care

But I like to think if you did, you would

So even though you’ll never read this

I’ll write it anyway

This is to you

My idol

My role-model

My imaginary best friend

You found me when I was lost

Brought me back from the pit I was in

You saved me from the heartbreak

And brought me back to life

A part of me knew I was missing

I didn’t know what

I didn’t realize that all I needed

Was a push in the right direction and some love

You are the one who brought me back

I was lost in music that was not mine

It hid my soul away

In a place I could not find

When I heard your voice

When you sang out your lines

It was like you were calling my name

Showing me what was mine

You brought me home

To the Chevy trucks

Homegrown meals

And backwoods muck

You took me back to the place I love

Where serenity and peace reign

I had been lost in the world

You showed me it wasn’t all a game

You see, I had forgotten the simplicity when she left

I put aside the slow, comforting beat and changed

I became a hip girl, disgusting but true

Your music saved me from the world and from her

So I want to take this opportunity to thank you

Though I know we will never meet

You changed my life

Don’t know how anyone else can compete

My friend brought me there

I cannot refuse her so I want

I have to say I was nervous

Thought she would fill my mind

But she wasn’t there that night

It was only you

You pulled me out

Don’t know what I could ever do

So thank you, Hunter

For showing me who I was

That I have a voice

That I can love

I hope others as lost as I

Can find their way home as well

Hunter Hayes

Thank you for saving me soul