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dear future me.

February 10, 2022
By kk_cm47 GOLD, Fort Worth, Texas
kk_cm47 GOLD, Fort Worth, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
"Be you, because everyone else is already taken." This quote makes me realize that I'm good enough for anything or anyone. A lot of people talk about how we need to learn how to be ourselves, but this quote has a deeper meaning. At least to me, it means more than being comfortable with who you are.


all i want for you is

a better life

full of happiness,

joy, and pride.

but how can i promise that kind of life

when all i wanna do is, all i wanna do is

 

you're the only one that can fix me

and i'm the only one you rely on

trynna escape my mind

trynna run away from all the lies

but all our demons

are there on time

 

all i want for you is

better nights

full of laughter,

no tears, or cries.

but how can i provide that kind of life

when all i wanna do is die. when all i wanna do is die.

 

wanna fly high, all i wanna do i fly, fly, fly.

with my arms out wide

as i reach up into the sky

 

can't you just trust me this one time

or is your heart telling you

not to listen to the truth

keeping up all your walls

keeping that same. fake. smile.

plastered on your face

 

when's the next time you'll eat?

the next time you'll breathe?

 

oh oh oh dear future me

i wish that we could see 

our dependence on each other

because all we need in this life is

a girl excatly like you and me. 

us.

 

oh, wanna fly high

oh oh, wanna die dry

oh oh, wanna fly fly high

oh, wanna fly

 

away. from. this. life.


The author's comments:

if i could sing to my future self, she'd be the only person that would listen. she'd be the only person who'd understand. and that's why i wrote this song. it explains the importance in my past, present, and future self living together to become some thing great. hopefully. even though giving up seems to be the only way out, i've held on for so long. i'm too scared to let go. and music is my only escape. my only way to vent. my only way to comfort myself.


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