Nobody keeps their
middle school friends forever. You'll fail a math test once
in your life. Your teacher will assign you seats away from your
friends and your parents will assign you to your room when you do
illegal things. You're going to get drunk and say thing
you'll regret. You'll cry over boys whose names you
won't remember in twenty years. You're going to call your
friends names behind their back when they make you mad, and
they're going to do the same to you. You're going to be
on your own once in awhile. Your opinions of people will change,
once you get to know them. You're going to run from the
police. You're going to hold someones hair back at one
o'clock on a Saturday morning. You're going to find one
book in english class that you actually read. People are going to
make fun of the music you like, others will like it just the
same. You're never going to finish all of your
homework. And you're going to cry and maybe, just maybe,
you'll need a hug from your mom. You're going to bullsh/t
every essay you write and pray that you sound like you know what
you're talking about. You're going to get lost in a
neighborhood that you don't know and walk around until you
find where you're going. You're going to sing sappy
teenage ballads all alone in your room when no one else is home.
You're going to dream of finally getting out of your town,
and you're going to miss it when you leave. You're going
to take pictures that you're going to blush at in 5 years.
You're going to get whistled at, cheated on, yelled at,
ditched by your friends, played by boys, laughed at. You're
going to fall in and out of love, and one day you might figure
out what the word really means. You're never going to stop
looking for yourself. You're a teenager, so stop trying so
hard, expecting so much, and crying so often. Walk with your head
held high. Quit talking about people. Take a walk outside. Go to
school and smile at everyone, and who knows. You might really
make it through.