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Bri Marie responded to a letter in topic Write a letter or poem to your younger self sharing what you love most about him/her 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Thank you so much!! I’m still trying to get in tune with my younger self
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Bri Marie responded to a letter in topic Write a letter or poem to your younger self sharing what you love most about him/her 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Thank you!!! So sorry it took me this long to see this!!
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Write a letter or poem to your younger self sharing what you love most about him/her 10 months, 4 weeks ago
To the Child within
Hello there, it’s been a minute you see.
You seen me give up on you within, when I should’ve called upon you.
To the way that you threw caution to the wind when it was something fun for you to do.
No worries, just want to know what we can do next.
Back when I didn’t care if I was annoying or a pest.
Because to be honest? Who cares? Cause I thought I was the best.
Although it may not have been true, you couldn’t tell that to me
Because I have the proof that would bring you to your knees.
Oh man, but don’t mention that to those trees, the ones that I would climb but ultimately, bring me to my knees.
Jumping out of the swings mid air just to catch that wave of adrenaline.
To toast the crunch with the cinnamon; was the best way to start the day
Then just go outside and find some play
Maybe see some of my friends in the day
Playing outside while gun shots can ring out at any moment.
Didn’t phase me one bit, until the house got hit.
Seeing the visual of what the bullet did to the window
And how it didn’t hit anyone home was a miracle.
But you still went out to play the next day.
Still ready to have a great day.
Oh little one, can you show your face to me again?
The world has shown me those scary truths you wanted to know about
Now I wish I didn’t
Because now I can’t readily access you
But I can promise, that I will try my best to come back to you.Voting is closed
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The last line gave me chills! I absolutely love this.
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Thank you!!! So sorry it took me this long to see this!!
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Brianna, this poem to your younger self is powerful. I love how confident you were as a child and how little you cared about what people thought of you. When you mentioned your house being hit by gunfire, I was floored. I think we all could use time to reconnect to who we were before the world changed us. Thank you for sharing!
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Thank you so much!! I’m still trying to get in tune with my younger self
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Omg, I am sorry you had to live and play in such violence, but I love your vivacious and fearless spirit. That fearlessness is still there – you just got to tap into it. Keep leaning into your joy, there is so much more of it ahead of you. Sending hugs. <3 Lauren
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