a letter to my future girlfriend

my dearest rachel, or whomever you turn out to be,

i know we’ve never met before, but i’ve seen you in my dreams

i feel you’re out there, somewhere, just beyond my reach

though would i even recognize if we passed by on the street?

i think of you a lot on the nights i lay outside and watch the stars

somehow in those timeless moments you don’t seem quite so far

once i noticed a shooting star, so i made a wish and wished for you

if you saw it, would you have wished for me too?

it’s hard to believe someday you might be the girl i make my wife

meanwhile today all i have of you are the stories i make up in my mind

i’ll hold this space in my heart until our paths finally entwine

and then we’ll carry each other for the rest of our lives.