Dear Me, how does it feel to drink and know that it is legal now?<\/p>\n
To walk into a bar and not be asked for your ID?<\/p>\n
I imagine that\u2019s the way it goes (not because I think you\u2019re old,<\/p>\n
But there were wrinkles on my face 3 years ago at seventeen)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I hope you\u2019re not a train wreck<\/p>\n
I hope you got divorced<\/p>\n
I hope you\u2019re not still on<\/p>\n
This self-destructive course<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Dear Me, I hope that you believe<\/p>\n
In getting help, in therapy<\/p>\n
In happiness, in fighting back<\/p>\n
In life, in love, in wearing black<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In cutting ties, in laughter<\/p>\n
In happy ever after<\/p>\n
In all the things you never thought<\/p>\n
Would ever even matter<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Dear Me, I hope you\u2019re happy now<\/p>\n
Despite all of the odds,<\/p>\n
The house that you grew up in,<\/p>\n
The shocking lack of gods<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Despite who you call \u201cmother\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite who you call \u201clove\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the lack of answers<\/p>\n
To your prayers, from above<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Dear Me, tell me a secret<\/p>\n
Did you do it? \u00a0Did you die?<\/p>\n
Did you find out where the darkness is?<\/p>\n
Did you ever even try?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Did you tell them that you love them?<\/p>\n
Were you honest? \u00a0Were you brave?<\/p>\n
Did you forgive the monsters<\/p>\n
That you said that you forgave?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Dear Me, if you are reading this,<\/p>\n
How are you alive?<\/p>\n
How\u2019d you make it out this far?<\/p>\n
How did you survive?<\/p>\n
Tell me how you\u2019re anything<\/p>\n
But rotting flesh and bone<\/p>\n
Did you get amnesia?<\/p>\n
Forget the things we know?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Dear Me, I\u2019m begging you<\/p>\n
Can you hear me? \u00a0Do you care?<\/p>\n
I guess it was too much<\/p>\n
To hope you\u2019re really there<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Just one more person passing by<\/p>\n
Two strangers in the night<\/p>\n
At least, I hope that\u2019s what you are by now:<\/p>\n
Someone that I don\u2019t recognize<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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