Dear Future Self
I am sending you this letter ...
for as you know my journey has been happy and bitter
and though my heart has been shattered I am a fighter
I want you to know that I will always be a poem writer
and it is okay that my ghosts will ever chatter and mutter
oh, my coming years will be the best and will matter
I am in a serene and tranquil space and place
and I realize that life is not a race so I will slow my pace
you will see me growing in the future in grace and faith
if I should leave for Heaven I pray my poetry leaves a trace
and my plan is to take all this life offers and embrace
I have a collection of wonderful friends
and over the coming years this love will only transcend
I plan to keep and gather more friends until my life ends
of course there may be upsets but we will make amends
and my loyalty for them and them for me we will defend
I am taking care of my health
and plan to always be my best self
and I want you to know I do not care if I have wealth
I can have utter happiness just being myself
I will not obsess on where my future self goes
but will continue to write my life and woes
and when it is my time to forever repose
leave on my grave a red rose
In ending, I want you to know that my life is precious
and even when I am old and frail I will keep my essence
Sincerely _
Me from the here and now
___________________
September 20, 2021
Poetry/Rhyme/Dear Future Self
Copyright Protected, ID 09-1390-059-20
All Rights Reserved, 2021, Constance La France
Written for the Standard contest, Letter To My Future Self
sponsor, Silent One, Judged 10/16/2021
First Place
Poem of the Week September 26, 2021
Copyright © Constance La France | Year Posted 2021
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