A Note to my 18 Year Old Self

You're going the wrong way.
I know it wasn't fair.
I know that it was hard, and it hurt.
I know it seems like
Everything runs against you.

But don't go this way.
Hold on to you.
Don't fall in line, don't play.
You haven't got
What it takes anyway.

Keep loving too easy.
Open and ready.
Give too willingly, give it all.
Always text back
Even if you've nothing to say.

You won't be wanted.
With no game.
But don't play it, ignore it.
Stay the one
Who follows up, who calls.

They won't love you for it.
It'll be just the same.
Except you'll be you, always.
And you'll learn
To love you, when nobody else will.