To my friends who listen even when I don't speak:
Thank you for seeing me behind the layers of fear and fake smiles.
I don't know how, but you found me: a distant dying star in the pitch black sky.
you saved the heart I have locked away in steal cages of tormenting self doubt.
you opened up thousands of closed doors; even when I shut them against your face.

you heard me when I had no voice,
even when my...