to my younger self, 

i would not say a thing 

wise words and old truths would not give her anything 

her youth will not come to provide 

 

she deserves a wild, wide world to discover 

i simply wish to stand inertly by,

watch her growth through grapple and strife 

with the knowledge she will emerge again on the other side

having all the strength to do so,

over and over again