Well...Alright | Buddy Holly

A/N:

Dear Buddy,

Hey, it's me. You already know me well by now if you can read these somehow. Well...tomorrow is the 60th anniversary of when you died. 60 entire years since the infamous "day the music died". Jesus Christ, Buddy. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry you died so damn young. I'm sorry you never had a real chance. It's weird that I'm graduating high school this year, and it's 60 years. Maybe that was fate working in odd ways. Or maybe it was pure chance and coincidence (It's probably the latter). It feels like I knew you, is that weird?

You know you made perhaps the biggest impact on music ever? You know rock 'n' roll would be so very, very different if you had never been around. You know you were an amazing artist? You and Elvis Presley were the men who made rock 'n' roll, well, you guys made it rock 'n' roll. Of course, there's people like Chuck Berry and Little Richard and whoever else, but you and Elvis made it. It would never, ever have been the same without you. If you hadn't gotten on the plane, music would be different now. Hell, I'd be different right now. You've influenced me so much, it's ridiculous. I was born 41 years after you left this mortal plane, yet I'm so damn into you. I mean, you inspire me. Not like, in love with you. I say I am, but I didn't even know you. You were dead and buried and probably decomposed before my parents were even born. You inspire me, and I really do love your image. I love the version I have of you in my head, I guess. I have almost no idea who you were in your real actual life, though. God, all I'm doing is embarrassing myself in this damn letter.

I just want you to know how important you are to me and millions of others. I wouldn't be writing these if you were just another dead rockstar. You influenced some of the most famous people of all time. Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, The Hollies, name a rock group and they probably were influenced by you in some way. I don't think I can tell you how important you were in music. I really don't. I hope you can see these, or at the very least see how important you were.

I'm so sorry you died in such a horrible way. I'm so sorry you died so young. I'm so sorry you couldn't do more with your incredible talent. I'm just so sorry. Maybe it was your time. Maybe it was destiny. But sometimes destiny sucks.

I love you, by the way. I miss you, even if we never had the chance to meet. You truly were an amazing person in every way.

I'm sorry.

I miss you.

I love you.

With so much love,

Someone who isn't actually named Charlotte