Don't You Fall Down

don’t panic…

no, really. it’s going to be okay. so just take a deep breath, right now, someone else is feeling the exact same way. the particulars are yours, but your problems are the world’s. does that make you feel better? someone else understands perfectly how you feel. more people than you’d think, actually. so don’t keep it a secret. reach out, make memories, make mistakes, don’t think too much. it’ll all come out in the wash.

do you want to know something, though? nothing you do now matters but the memories. thats liberating, too. so tell her she’s beautiful, and ask to hold his hand. don’t tolerate people you don’t like, don’t be afraid of the people you love. because you’ll never know whats going on in their head until you ask. don’t panic, okay?

but here’s another secret. someone thinks your beautiful. i know i do. so when you fall asleep, holding your blankets close and wishing they were a body, know someone else is doing the same, and they wish more than anything that they were holding you. because they are soulmates. they exist! i said don’t panic, but somewhere, there’s someone whose body was made to fit yours.

your life is worth something, you are living for a reason. your problems are shared, but your talents are not. you can offer an insight that no one else can, you can change something that no one else can, you can do things that the world needs in a way that no one else can. but don’t panic, because you’ve got your whole life.