I didn’t want to see you like this, A bullet at the back of a barrel Pointed right at me. Is it because You're, too, **** proud To take that gun And turn it back around. So, over this now Lukewarm coffee I’ll feed you kindness To mellow you out, If that kills me I’ll know you’ll still be bitter but at least you'll still be around. I’ll feed you kindness And if it kills me, I’ll know that You’ll still be around It took me too many now long spent years to grasp this lesson. So, now I’ll teach you That when you swallow pride You radiate joy To those you’ll leave behind So follow me Behind your teeth Past that lump in your throat Over those forgotten needs Let’s slip beyond this Beyond this together Through this perilous journey Please remember That I’ll be there that I’ll be there I will be there Let’s radiate heat Like the sun in the spring Let’s radiate heat Just to make that dead green. Let’s radiate heat Let’s radiate heat Let’s radiate heat A joyous dream.
A letter to myself at nineteen from a much softer me at twenty-seven