Letter to my future self.

This poem was created in a virtual space and the prompt was "Letter to your future self" hence the title. Though its a letter to my future self its a poem dedicated to my friend Kitten that deserves to live long enough to enjoy and flourish in the world described.

I hope you are well.

Like truly well and free.

I hope you are free from the chains of gender

Free from the burden of fatphobia

From the curse of ableism

The cruel torture of colonialism

I hope if you are not free in all things

You are free in somethings

And you have used your freedom to free others

I hope you are released from the demands of neo- plantation corporationism.

I hope you are free from the feelings of inferiority

I hope the restrictive and regressive nature of conservativism is cancelled.

I hope prisons are closing and the security forces around the world disbanded.

I hope the world you live in is full of love, harmony and peace beyond your wildest imagination.

I hope you have time all the time in the world.

I hope you live in a world where you are no longer threatened with social death

I hope you live in a world where you don't have to sell your time for money

I hope you live in a world where the threat of violence is foreign

I hope you live in a world where passports mean nothing

Visas and travel restrictions are meaningless because the earth is borderless

I hope you live in a world where you get to play and rest

I hope you live in a world where Kitten is there cosy lying on your chest.

Please support Kitten and their Mum as they are both looking for financial support while they undergo treatment for cancer and Long COVID:

Support Kitten's Stage 2 Triple Negative Breast Cancer Fund

Support Jude's Long COVID Recovery and Surgeries

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