To The Girl I Used to Be

Hey,

How are you

Don't tell me that you're fine,

Because I know you're not.

But one day,

One day,

You will be…

I can't tell you when,

But I can tell you that you will be.

I know this because,

I am you,

You are me,

I’m just older,

Wiser if you will.

Life is pretty weird,

Just when you think,

Things are getting better…

It stabs you in the back.

It lets you get comfortable,

It lets you break down your walls,

Before it comes out of nowhere.

One day,

Life will be your best friend.

The next you’ll be standing

In a dark corner,

Life right beside you,

Holding a gun to your skull,

As you beg it not to pull the trigger.

But one day,

One day,

Life will move on,

And so will you,

Life won't haunt you anymore,

You'll be able to live,

Without the fear of life hurting you.

Because you will have

Defeated life,

You will have

Overcome all of the

Sucky, sucky situations,

That it has thrown your way.

So don’t try to tell me,

That you’re “fine”

That everything’s “okay”

Because I know it isn't,

I've been where you are,

With life holding a gun to my head,

With life torturing me everywhere i go,

But I can tell you that it does get better,

That one day everything really will

Be okay,

That when you say “I’m fine”,

You won't be choking back tears,

You'll be saying it with a smile.

Trust me on this one kid,

Because I know you,

I am you,

You are me,

And I've been where you are,

But one day you'll be where I am,

And you'll be stronger than

You ever thought you could be.