Dear Future Me
Dear Future me,
How do you do?
Tell me what is knew
Tell me what is the same
Tell me about myself
Are you happy?
Are you everything I hoped to be?
Are you still smiling and laughing and playing chords?
I know you would never let me down
Do you still pluck the keys of good old Kimball Piano?
Can you finally perform with a lionheart?
Oh Dear Future Me, think about our friend the glorious Sun!
Oh Dear Sun, you are audacious
You are indomitable
Valorous and gallant
Oh how do you do it Mr. Sun?
You never shy away from your stream of light
You never cease to hide your shining rays
You gleam in the sky with power and grace and flawless dignity
You let every creature and living thing perceive the godliness of your unchangeable streaks
Why, Mr. sun, it is so easy for you with your bigness and boldness
yet so uncertain for one like me who is like a little star among millions
But Dear Future me, even a tiny star can be as glorious as the glorious Sun
Oh Dear Future me, do you remember the day when
me and Music worked together?
Do you remember how terrified we were
How we didn’t raise our hand
How we turned and walked out the door
when our teacher asked for someone to volunteer a musical number
But Dear Future Me
Do you remember How Mr. Music convinced us to turn around
To offer an admired and heartfelt and strangely emotional rhapsody?
To practice and practice on good old Kimball piano to redeem ourself?
Oh the failure the first time we attempted the rhapsody was hard
But Music persisted
But Music had courage
But Music understood my love for Him
And Music would not let me down
So the day came
The day to perform in front of our friends
The day to perform in from of our peers
The day to perform in form of our fellow classmates
The judgement of whom and failure of what
that we were most scared of
But oh Dear Future Me!
What a glorious second chance the day was!
Us and Music left the crowd in awe like the Sun!
A beautiful song it was
A beautiful day it became
A beautiful memory it captured
Afraid of failure and judgement I was
Afraid to share my talent indeed
But we seized the opportunity
Grasped the handle of a door
Through it open and jumped into the air
And oh Dear Future Me
We flew!
Taking a step of courage did us no harm
We overcame fear that day Dear Future Me
Fear of insecurity
Fear of judgment
Fear of failure
But oh did we succeed
So Dear Future Me
Will you be brave?
Will you still take a leap of faith?
Will you still turn around?
Will you strive to be like the Sun?
Oh Dear Future Me!
Have confidence
Have perspective
Have light in your life that directs you
Embrace people like the Sun
And show them your streaks
Forever yourself,
Your Fearless Self