You're Welcome.

It may seem as though I've tossed you into a lion's den.
I have.
But you will learn timidly the methods of this beautiful madness.
The Critics will hate you.
They will pinpoint and intensify your flaws.
Memorize your imperfections before the world does.
Hold them close to you and never claim perfection.

The Romantics will love you.
They will layer on compliments and good intentions
like a sickly dose of maple syrup.
Perhaps you will be appalled with the ease of such false parades.
Do not deny yourself completely,
you are beautiful and wise
and a million other things I will never get right.
May your glass never be half empty.

The Majority will not acknowledge your existence.
You will be a simple face in the swift rush of everyday life,
and if you were to die tomorrow not one of them would notice.
At times, you may wish for such an outcome
and fear to face another aching day.
Approach it with a smile, love,
and capture its essence.
Sieze the silver linings and let them light the dark passages of voyage.
This is the very depth of existence.
Carnage and bliss, pain and euphoria.
You're welcome.