After twenty

 After twenty

no one likes you

just for being nice.

from now on..

your worth is monetary.

In the real world,

You are not the big fish

in the pond anymore.

Right now,..you are

what they are feeding on

Don't get me wrong 

It'll start off great.

A whole new world

To explore

And occasionally conquer

but I'm sorry,

Its not gonna last.

The very things that 

Will bring you joy at first

Will cause you great pain

In the long run.

You will probably

get your heart broken

for the first time

and hate it,

Then spend the rest 

of your time 

running from it

or..

You'll start your first business

and fail terribly at it.

All the while

Reinforcing the reality

that you have no one

and nothing at all

to call your own.

While your bills 

are pilling up,

The friends you've had

for the longest

will let you down the hardest

(Firmly solidifying the foundation

of your trust issues).

And your family

will not understand

the person you 

are in the process of becoming.

....Another subtle reminder

that you are undoubtedly

alone out here.

This same pattern 

of love, loss and despair

will repeat itself

throughout your twenties,

all the way to your later years

rendering you bitter, 

hateful and filled with regret

unless  you quickly come to know

and live by

these three S's:

Self love,..Self care

and the mastery of Selfishness

You will have to put YOU

ahead of everything

you think matters to you right now.

It'll be YOU 

over everyone else,

YOU,.. over your toxic habits 

and self destructive patterns

and YOU over 

your own conditioned

ideas of who you are 

and are meant to be.

You will have to 

allow yourself

to freely and fully Become.

If you do this,.

 ...I promise you

you will get to experience

this decade

for the full time adventure

that it is...everyday

living "Young and Wild and Free".