My mind can be clouded with chaos.
You speak to me or you smile.
My mind clears.
In your presence is my safe place.
I no longer worry about the stress of life.
Just for a moment.
A split second of clarity.
You arise my spirit.
Your touch and embrace light a fire deep within my soul.
You are my peace the only place my heart and mind are safe.
My everything and more.
My forever peace.

Dear teenage me,
I won’t tell you that everything will be handed to you.
I know life is exceptionally hard right now.
In the near future, it is going to get a lot worse.
I am telling you no matter how much you want to give up.
No matter how much your mind fights you and says you cannot go on.
Do not listen!
For every struggle, you are about to endure.
Every heartbreak, life lesson, and loss that you go through.
There is light at the end of that very dark tunnel.
You’ll have lots of surprises along the way.
You will suffer in unimaginable ways. Ways you’ll never speak of to another person.
Continue to love as hard as you do.
Some people you come across are going to be a better person because of you.
Fight for what you want as hard in the future as you do now.
It is okay to daily at life sometimes.
Just don’t let it get the best of you.
I promise life will finally give you what you’ve always needed.
You’ll get the acceptance, love, and compassion you’ve always craved.
Life is going to throw anything and everything at you.
It will all be worth it in the end I promise.