Dear Mackenzie

I still remember the glow of that screen Late night silence, soft and unseen Didn’t know your name would rewrite my days Didn’t know your words would stay Just a message, simple and small But somehow it said it all Like the world paused just for me When your “hello” found its way to me Dear Mackenzie You had no idea then That one little message Would become my whole world again From a spark in the dark To the light I’m living in Dear Mackenzie… That’s where we begin I read it twice, then a hundred more Felt something I’d never felt before Every word like a gentle knock Opening a long-locked heart You didn’t promise forever that night Didn’t say everything would be right But something in the way you wrote Felt like hope wrapped in every note Dear Mackenzie You had no idea then That one little message Would become my whole world again From a spark in the dark To the light I’m living in Dear Mackenzie… That’s where we begin Now I wake up beside your name Not just letters—it’s my last name All the laughter, all the tears All the growing through the years And I still see that midnight glow Where it started, where we chose To take a chance on something new And I found my forever in you Dear Mackenzie If I could go back again I’d relive that moment Press “open” over again Every heartbeat since Leads me back to then Dear Mackenzie… I’d choose you again So here’s to the message that changed my life From a stranger… to your wife And if forever had a place to start It’s that first text… and my open heart Dear Mackenzie… You’ll always be My first hello… And my eternity. To the love of my life, my world... my Mackenzie ~Alison Crowe 🩵