Hi there! Orabella again, here with a short review. 
Do I detect some underrated poetry here? Well, I guess I wouldn't say underrated. Everyone knows Ellie is one of the best poets of all time. But it's a shame this didn't get many reviews because golly this is as beautiful as the others! I've been reading your poetry a lot in my free time and many tears have been shed for them. (How do you do that?? I'm actually crying right now) Seeing everything you create and everything you've been through that you tell through them inspires me, and I hope I can write poetry that touches others' hearts like yours have done to me, and to be as kind to others as you have been to me. ^^
I can't say I'm great at interpreting poems, but to me, this feels like it could be a person telling their little sibling what will probably happen to them in the future, although the first thought I got from this was someone talking to their past self. Maybe like a letter to yourself in the past, and what you would've said to them. How things will happen, and how it will be okay. Whatever the meaning, it's so beautiful and so heartwarming, it's actually making me cry.
My favorite lines are these:
Don't hide your tears
Never blame yourself
I love you
To anyone, these would be comforting lines, but I get the feeling they have more meaning to the author (you!) than a reader may realize. I don't really know what the story behind them is, or the full story behind your poems, but I don't need to, and I think that's part of what makes them so beautiful. The way you don't need to know the context behind them to fully understand them, and the way they are so relatable to anyone who reads them, regardless of identity or history or anything. They're so incredibly beautiful and vulnerable, and we're so lucky that you shared them with us. Thank you, by the way.
Every time I read this (and I've already read this multiple times), it just gains more and more meaning. I think I liked the work a while ago, because when I went to like it I saw it already had. So, you can count that as two likes from me, because I don't remember doing it the first time, and yet I still loved it! You perfectly captured the comforting tone I think you were going for, and I'll definitely be thinking of this poem for a while.
Thank you for sharing all your poetry with us! If it was some secret plot to make random people on the internet cry, well, you've surely succeeded! Please have a spectacular day/night, and keep writing!
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