Right Now: Dear Young Me

dear young me,

 

it’s been a few years

you’ve lived and you’ve grown 

almost ready to live

all on your own

 

but mistakes will be made

before you get here

i just wanted to let you know

before you shed all your tears 

 

one day it’ll get better

one day you’ll be ok

one day the rain will stop

and the sun will take its place 

 

and happiness will move over

to where fear used to stand

and you’ll be able to let go

of the helping hand

 

the hand that is the drugs

and the self-inflicted pain

mixed together with solitude 

picking away at your brain

 

if you’d just be patient

and walk away

from what you think is necessary 

before it causes a world of pain

 

keep your eyes forward

away from the past

before it eats you alive

remember that one day your happiness will last