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Advice to Younger Self
December 14, 2023
Growing up doesn’t mean you fit in
Those kids are immature now
They’re loud and rowdy and oh, you can’t stand them!
They never listen, we don’t understand how
The only one who can mature is you
A feat easy to none
They’ll jeer about your hair, your body, your face
And your heart, second to one
How tired you’ll be, trying to be anyone else
To be happy, is what you think
Your future self will thank you for being just the same
As your life is gone in a blink
© Anonymous
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Some people know why they were bullied or isolated as kids once they get to my age. They have some sort of idea of what set them apart. For me, I don't have any idea. Forever and always I've felt either a step ahead or behind my peers, but I think part of this poem is accepting that was alright. I didn't need to be on par with everyone else, and I could take my life at my own pace; I only wished I had realized it sooner.