Someday

I’m staring at a picture of a younger me

She's clutching her Bunny and smiling

Those brown eyes so bright

She has no way of knowing

 

Someday she’ll be kicked down

Time and time again

But with a little help

She’ll bounce back every time

 

They’ll tell her parents

That she’ll never go to college

This crippling shyness and anxiety

Will prevent her from reaching the stars

 

Well younger me, hear this now

What do they know?

Trust me, we’ll beat the odds

We’re going to prove them all wrong

 

Someday you’ll stand in a big room

Behind a podium, they’re all looking at you

You’ll read the poem you wrote

Your voice might shake, but you’ll deliver

 

Someday you’ll walk across that stage

They’ll hand you your diploma

That fall you’ll take on college

Now you’re at this huge, intimidating campus

 

Someday you’ll stand behind the counter

You’re working your first job

Under her watchful eye you come into your own

For the first time you feel at home

 

You’ll do things you never dreamed

You’ll face your fears and you’ll conquer them

Someday you’ll go back to where you started

And you’ll show them your degree

 

I'm staring at a picture of a younger me
Wishing I could tell her who we'll be
Someday she'll find out for herself
That we're about to prove the naysayers wrong