A Message to 14 Year Old Me

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20 year old me
Would be devastated beyond words
That we lost him

19 year old me
Would be shocked
We got to date him

17 year old me
Would not even know who he was

Which makes me think about how
Before I ever knew him,
Or lost him,
I suffered and survived the grief of others

14 year old me
Would be shocked
That we're both still alive.
14 year old me
Would be amazed that
that I've had a chance
To fall in love
And that she's alive
And breathing and living in another state

Perhaps someone should tell
20 year old me
What I wish I could've told
14 year old me,
"Time actually heals.
It won't hurt like this forever."

01/11/23

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