dear self.

dear self:
Your name tells me that you're a pretty fossil.
Please don't let yourself
get stuck in the past.

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dear self:
Your heart may have a missing piece,
but you need to stop searching for it.
Life's enigma has it already misplaced.
Find another piece that fits.

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dear self:
When you fall down,
don't sit and clench your fists
in anger and hate.

You can't be helped up with a closed heart.

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dear self:
you miss feeling like you belonged;
when life was almost perfect
and you felt you lived in euphoria
every minute, every day.


You wonder if you could rid yourself
of that sadness for more
than three hours.

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dear self:
I know you are afraid of so many things.
You can hide things well in life,
but not this.

What you are most afraid of is yourself,
and that you will not become what
you wished you could've.

(You are afraid you will become a heartless monster.)

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dear self:
Don't doubt your talents.
Doubting won't get you
anywhere but nowhere.

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dear self:
You can make your friends smile.
That is worth more than the world.

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dear self:
You have a right to shine
brighter than the rest
in the world.

Prove it to them.