Future Love
Future love,
I ask you to be brave. I ask you to declare “I have walked this Earth just as long as you have, I have breathed the same air, here what I have to say.” I ask you to spit in the face of those who say you can’t do want you long to. I ask you to be relentlessly you.
Future love,
I ask you to trust your own wisdom. I ask you to not be afraid if your truth hurts others. I ask you to call out all those who try to dismiss you, belittle you, or beguile you. Prove to others what you are capable of by proving to yourself that you can do what you love.
Future love,
I ask you to remember the soul. To let life come from within you, not be put upon you. I will not ask you to hold me, only hold the moment. I will not ask you to carry my pain, unless it is tied to my joy. I ask you to never change who you are for some boy.
Future love,
Make a mountain of your dreams. Make a quilt with sweat and skill as the seams. Bring about all that sounds obscene, if it is what you need. If you listen, may it be so that you may understand. Silence yourself for no man.
Future love,
I ask you to not let anyone turn you into something that is not you. You will face challenges I never know. You will find others will try to reap what you sow. You will be told that others come before you. This is not true.
Future love,
I ask you to never let me get in your way. I ask you to find joy every day. This is what makes someone beautiful. If you give to others, let it be from your own charity. If you forgive others, may it be from your own mercy.
Future love,
May we be the pillars of a new kind of house. De Beauvoir and Sartre, together but apart. May the space between us be the love that we share. May the lungs that breathe us taste the sweetest air. May the lives that we lead nourish every seed. May the dirt under our feet never be grounds of defeat. May the tears that we weep water the crop we reap. May the pain we harbor only make us stronger. May our arms never grow tired. May our love never expire.
Future love,
wherever you live,
through all my pain
I’ve only gained
more love to give.