Dear Younger Me

Hey kid in the mirror

With those wide open eyes

Do you still dream of rockets shooting through the skies

Do you think the world’s still a candy jar

Or did you learn the cracks

In the pavement run far

Dear younger me

Would you even know my name

Would you laugh at who I’ve become

Would you take the blame

For the scars

For the stars

For the times I came apart

Dear younger me

Did you ever guard your heart

You wrote your name in pencil

Like nothing was for keeps

You ran with the wind

But you never went too deep

Do you still collect the quiet in a jar

Or did you trade the moon

For a wish upon a car

Dear younger me

Would you even know my name

Would you laugh at who I’ve become

Would you take the blame

For the scars

For the stars

For the times I came apart

Dear younger me

Did you ever guard your heart