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From Me To Me

Written to my future self

By Colleen Millsteed Published 5 years ago • Updated 5 years ago • 1 min read
From Me To Me
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Dear Future Self, in some distant year

I write these words to you today,

So you can look back at a later date

And remind yourself of all I say.

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Please don’t take life too seriously

You will only end up with regret,

A life of all work and no play

Is one that we need to forget.

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It’s in the light hearted days

That we make the best memories,

To get you through the rough patches

So use them as happy remedies.

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If you’re struggling between work or play

Ask yourself “will it matter in 10 years”,

Which will give the greatest recollection

The nostalgic thoughts and happiest cheers?

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Spend the time with love ones

Take the trips you’ve always dreamed,

Buy the things you see as frivolous

Pamper yourself until you’re preened.

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This is your historical self signing out

Remember to re-read this letter weekly,

And know that yesterday, today and tomorrow

You are loved and respected deeply.

***

Bye for now

From me

To me.

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Colleen Millsteed

My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.

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    Written by Colleen Millsteed