Dear Younger Me,

With everything happening today, you don’t know whether you’re coming or going, but you think that you’re on your way. Life lined up on the mirror … don’t blow it. Look at me when I’m talkin’ to you! You looking at me – but I’m lookin’ through you. I see the blood in your eyes. I see the love in disguise. I see the pain hidden in your pride. I see you’re not satisfied, and I don’t see nobody else. I see myself. I’m looking at the mirror on the wall. Here we are again. Through my rise and fall, you’ve been my only friend. You told me that they can’t understand the man I am. So, why are we here talkin’ to each other again?

Uh, I see the truth in your lies. I see nobody by your side. But I’m with you when you’re all alone, and you correct me when I’m lookin’ wrong. I see that guilt beneath the shame. I see your soul through your window pane. I see the scars that remain. I see YOU! I’m looking at the mirror on the wall. Here we are again. Through my rise and fall, you’ve been my only friend. You told me that they can’t understand the man I am. So, why are we here talkin’ to each other again?

Lookin at me now I can see my past. Damn, I look just like my f-ckin dad. Light it up, that smoke and mirrors. I even look good in the broken mirror. I see my momma smile … thats a blessin’. I see the change. I see the message, and no message could been any clearer, so, I’m startin’ with the man in the mirror on the wall.

(‘Lil Wayne ft. Bruno Mars)

So, why am I here talking to you again? Oh, wait! I KNOW! It’s because I need to remind you of how far you’re gonna rise above all the bullshit on your driveway and the childhood that started piling it there in the first place. Right now, it’s hard to see yourself through all the cracks, smoke, and CANCER swirling around “you” as you’re gazing into the looking glass, but you’re gonna be alright. You’re a queen rising to her own reflection!

I LOVE YOU, ME!

I’ll be waiting for you in front of the mirror. When that day finally comes that you’re ready to see and accept yourself as the EPIC favorite daughter of God and royalty on Earth you truly are, we’re gonna turn some shit upside down and make epic things happen together until our NOT so bitter end!

~ Me