The Last 4 Years

Stop chasing after those people

You're never going to catch them

and if you do they're usually not worth it.

Stop trying to embody your favorite characters

from the movies

they'll always be better on film.

Remember to bring a pencil

our you'll be at the mercy of those people

who'll assume you're just another slacker.

Don't slouch so much, it really

is bad for posture and you're going to 

live to regret it in the future.

Not everyone deserves your kindness

Stop considering being a vegetarian 

It's just not going to happen

You and I both know it at this point.

You don't have to keep pretending to like that

book series, the really cool pople you'll met will

understand and won't judge you by it.

Relish the good memories, leave all the rest behind,

Is what I'd want to say if I went back in time and met

my fourteen-year-old self.

But it's not what I should tell myself because

life is life and I had to learn those things instead

of being told them. And I know in the

end everything will works it's way out.

All I'd say to myself is to really write down everything as it stings

and shakes and changes my emotions. 

Because writing is what makes all those things that are ugly and unkempt 

beautiful

and it turns stages of life into just another verse.