Dear sweet boy,

[innocenceislost]

Dear sweet boy,
You don't need to die,
Dear sweet boy,
You don't need to cry.

Dear sweet boy,
No need to shed your clothes,
Dear sweet boy,
You don't need to over-dose.

Dear sweet boy,
You don't need to push him down,
Dear sweet boy,
You don't have to let her drown.

Dear sweet boy,
You don't need to give up your dreams,
Dear sweet boy,
You don't need to mend all of the seams.

Dear sweet boy,
Others can't tell you what to do,
Dear sweet boy,
As long as the boy in the mirror is still you.

You sweet boy of mine,
The stars are for you,
Dear sweet boy of mine,
This is our cue.

Our cue to say.

Dear sweet world,
You ain't gonna get me down,
Dear sweet world,
You won't see me out past sundown.

Dear sweet boy,
You don't have to act for everyone,
Dear sweet boy,
You don't have to pretend you're having fun.

Dear sweet boy,
You don't have to wear a smile over your frown
Dear sweet boy,
You don't have to hide your birthday crown.

Dear sweet boy,
You don't have to ever ever change,
Dear sweet boy,
You don't have to say your likes are strange.

Dear sweet boy,
You don't have to do your homework,
Dear sweet boy,
You don't have to help the haters lurk.

Dear sweet boy,
You just have to be the you that is inside,
Dear sweet boy,
You don't have to use the face that they applied.

And dear sweet boy,
You don't have to let them see,
My dear sweet boy,
That you're with me.