POEM STARTER
To my past self
Write a poem addressed to your past self
to my past self (again)
dear chiyo from a few months ago,
i hope you dearly enjoyed
thinking that amy
could still be your friend.
truth is, she doesn’t want you anymore.
she made a new group of friends
for a reason.
and matt?
don’t be silly now,
he hasn’t shown up,
probably making his own friends
while you’re over here
suffering.
maybe it would have been better
if you didnt say
“abc for rp”
when you were a child
and met him,
because those six years of friendship
are over now.
hold those two closely in your heart,
because they’ve already moved on
and it’s time to open your eyes
to other possibilities now.
it may seem unfair,
that He is targeting you alone,
but your life is just beginning.
there will most likely be
worse events to happen,
like your parents dying,
even though your mother
is what made all this happen.
…
you hate her inside,
don’t you?
that lingering sense of hatred?
you share one thing about yourself,
and she takes awake all you ever knew.
ironic, right?
we’re giving therapy to each other,
although you don’t know me,
and you can’t talk to me?
we’re both suffering through this,
just through different time stamps.
the one above may know
the right path for me,
but He betrayed me.
He made sure that i would never,
never
feel the same about long term friends
again.
i don’t feel like getting too attached to
j,
because god might take her away too.
i can’t even imagine how that would go.
she’s the only friend i have left.
i mean, that is close enough to me.
who could i turn to?
if she leaves somehow?
i probably wouldn’t ever recover.
but this…
this is something sinful.
taking someone away from their only source
of happiness
just for the goddamn fun of it?
why
why
why
why
why
why
why
why
why
me?
life tends to fall apart
when you’re a teenager.
i should have known that,
but i could never have known
that my happiness would be thrown away
at the fucking sake
of “it grows character.”
you know what?
i’m done.
i’m done.
i’m done.
i’m donE.
i’m doNE.
i’m dONE.
i’m DONE.
i’M DONE.
I’M DONE.
I’M DONE.
WHY THE HELL
DO I,
OF ALL PEOPLE,
HAVE TO SUFFER
FOR SOME RANDOM PERSON’S
SINS?
I HAVEN’T DONE
*ANYTHING.*
I HAVE DONE NOTHING
WORTHY OF THIS PUNISHMENT.
WHY FOLLOW *HIM,*
IF *HE* WILL ONLY STRIKE YOU DOWN,
THEN FORCE YOU
TO PUT A SMILE
ON THAT TEAR TAINTED FACE OF YOURS?
THE BEST PEOPLE IN LIFE
ARE TREATED THE WORST.
SINCERELY,
SOMEONE WHO WILL NOT SLEEP TONIGHT.