ABECEDARIAN FOR MY YOUNGER SELF

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anything you say, do, or think, can and will

be used against you in the

court of God.

don’t think that you can ever

escape, because this

feeling will follow you for

generations, will

haunt you as long as you live.

i am so sorry. remember

“jesus loves you”, even though that sounds like a lie when they talk. so,

knit your web of lies, and

let it protect you from their

malice. because some day

nothing they said will matter anymore.

one morning, you will wake up,

proud of who you are,

quiet and strong and

ready to fight (or move on—if you’re better than me).

sin is just a word, and perhaps

tomorrow you will find that everything, everywhere, the entire

universe—is yours for the taking.

vehement hatred will only take them so far,

when their godliness is built on a foundation of sand, like the

xeric desert their faith is.

You are a God unto yourself, and one day, they instead will burn in the heat of Your

zeal.



— Niko P. (they/them)