What Now?

Dear future self,

Throw your cap to the sky, let your gown wisp a  w  a  y  in the wind

Look at them with goodbye

What now?

Take

the

leap.

Then begin to follow your w i l d e s t ambitions

And your wildest future

Six hours of coasting through the frothy clouds

From Connecticut to California

Will give you no choice but to reminisce

About the trips you wethered to Block Island

Or the late night rides with friends down the shoreline

The flood of memories growing up

In small town Deep River

The town the built you

Will cause you to clutch your one way plane ticket a little tighter

between the hands that have felt the past

18 years

Yet, they will not cling to your past

Instead, are eager to grasp what follows

This is the moment

you have been restless to be apart of

Though you want this more than anything

There is no sympathy from the butterflies

They will play tag in your belly

The game is innocent

But knowing you, you will wish them to “stop.”

But knowing the pesky butterflies

You will need more than commands to get them to become

Satic.

Then

Your eyes will see

the California coast line

Rising and falling like the current

You are unique honey

Your mind has ideas as big as the ocean

That are just as powerful  

Before you know it

You will be surrounding the coastline of California

Consuming the rays of the sun

Finding peace in the everlasting sunshine

Your efforts during your time at home

have been cashed in for opportunity

Finally you will be able to live among the place

You feel the most at home

Among the people you feel the most

connected with

Taking this journey

diving to further depths of education

Will be the best decision of your life

your journey has begun long before now

And has created you, up until this point

You have come far from your first steps

And you will continue to go farther than you planned

This will be the state that quenches you

Power will reveal itself through education

Catapulting you to places your mind has only traveled to

in lieu of keeping dreams trapped in your head

Let them flee to reality

Be prepared

Though you are infatuated with your new home

Despite the sunshine state you will be among

Not everyday will be the brightest

But you will have the power to make every day bright

If you choose

there are many things to remember

When starting a new chapter

But One to live by is

Take

The

leap.

Yours truly,

Past self