I wish I could tell my younger self
That things are scary right now
That it is a difficult time
And it does feel as though
There is no way out
But that rock bottom
Does not mean you are stuck
It means that though you
Are at your lowest,
You only have one direction to go
That is up
That does not mean that
The lows will all be behind you
Healing is not linear
As you have heard many times before
But it is not all lows ahead of you
You will face hard times
People that
You thought would stay
Leave
And people that
You thought would leave
Stayed
And from those hard times
Will come happiness
The one that will leave,
Will take the weight with them
That has been crushing your soul,
Robbing you of the peace,
And the room to breathe
With their absence will come
Happiness, an unfiltered joy
Though there is fear,
There is more room for love
And hope to fill the empty space
The one that will stay,
Will be by your side
In a way you never thought
Anyone would be
But they will happily do so
And provide you a much better life
Than you ever thought you deserved
There will be much happier times
With people from your past
And new people that await for you
In the future
Once you overcome this,
Which you will,
You will be capable of incredible things
Your wildest dreams
Will come true
There will be peace
There will be joy
There will be new
There will be old
There will be laughter
There will be tears
But most of all
There will be you
Still here,
Living through it all
And if I could only tell
My younger self one word,
It would be…
Persevere
.t.a.h-b.