Original Songs

To My Younger Self

A letter I thought I'd never write.

I'm not going to ask,
How's it going,
How are you doing,
Or how's life treatin' ya.

Because I already know,
That way back when,
We started hating ourselves,
And we cried a lot.

We were ignored,
We felt useless,
And going to school
Never made it any better.

But listen to me.
I mean what I say,
When I say that everything
Everything's gonna be okay.

What's that? Anxiety attack!

Making friends,
And some enemies too.
I guess that's what we're all on Earth to do.
But as long as this fucked up planet turns,
We'll keep on smiling, smiling for you.

No, we don't know it yet,
But just wait and see.
There's somebody out there waiting just for me.
And as long as I keep existing in this shitty time,
I just know that life's gonna work out fine.

(× What's that? You're wondering what tense this letter is written in?
Ah, my younger self, you were a jumble of tenses.
You thought of your past self, of your present self, of your future.
And I, your future self, do the same as well! ×)

I'm here to tell you,
What things are like now.
What you grow up to be,
And the things that you lose.

What's that? Depression attack!

Some new friends,
And new enemies, too.
What she and I were probably put on Earth to do.
But as long as this fucked up planet turns,
When you get to this age, she always smiles for you.

We finally realized,
We managed to see,
That she was always the one for me.
And since we're with her, in this shitty time,
Life has actually worked out fine.

BUT WAIT!

R. I. P. to the future me.
The future me with crippling anxiety.
Now you can only stand back and see
How much this life has destroyed me.

××××

Notes
Another one inspired by my girlfriend, this time from a rap she wrote.
Oh, the things I would say to my younger self.