Beautiful
MAGICAL
fun
full of adventure
There are...
Hills to climb Oceans to cross Rivers to ford
Those are the first things
I would tell a fifteen-year-old me
that I was..
funny-likable-caring-talented-intelligent
full of love
give in to passion, to love
Passion is a tyrant of the heart
but don't be afraid
You might make mistakes...
IT'S OKAY!
That's how you learn
Unless you refuse to learn what life has to teach you
There will be difficult times ahead
You might lose your way
But you can reclaim yourself by knowing
WHO YOU ARE
holding tight to who you are and not believing
THE LIES
that the outside wants to tell you about yourself
that you need to be
goldenblonde-modelthin-cheerleadyhappy-PERFECT
if you can hold on to the child,
the child who loves sunshine
singing
dancing in the rain
and laughing
and reading all night
and writing...
if you can keep that joy,
that love of life...
then you will meet what comes
with everything
that you will need to have a good life, my darling.
I can think of a lot of things I'd say but I'd be afraid to change the past too much.
ReplyDeleteHuh. Those are all beautiful but let's be honest Danette. If you could really talk to yourself at the age of fifteen...wouldn't you tell yourself something more practical?
ReplyDeleteI dunno...how about actual winning LOTTO numbers? Could you put up with having millions and millions of dollars at the age of fifteen? Could you handle that "stress"?
Other things...I would tell myself about the stock market tanking because of sub-prime mortgages...I would tell myself to buy a whole case of Magic Cards in 1994 and set them aside unopened because they are worth tons of money now.
I would tell myself that I'm gay and to stop wasting time fighting that and just embrace the fact that I'm different, that's okay, and it's okay to like boys instead of girls.
I'd also tell myself to lose weight sooner and work harder at keeping it off.
Great post Danette! I love it!
ReplyDelete"hold on to the child who loves sunshine" -- love this.
ReplyDeleteMary: I think I wouldnt mind changing it.
ReplyDeleteMichael: you are too practical, my friend! (and I thought I was!) You have to have the soul of a poet here. That's what this is about... looking back and reading for the beauty and poetry in life, not just the Lottery and worrying about the tanking Stock market. But that bit about accepting who you are- about being gay... that was what I talking about when I said not to be afraid and to accept who I was. While I did not have to cross societal taboo, nevertheless, we all have to make peace with being ourselves and breaking away from some mold. I've had my own breaking away.
Trish: Thanks! :D
Sarah: Glad you liked it!!