Jennae Cecelia believes that even her young self may be late and wearing sweatpants, she will see her 15-year-old self-drinking coffee-drinking self.

"She sighed and cried, and I told her how she felt at once," Cecelia, 30, wrote to Tiktok earlier this month.

Her words - words that will appear in her upcoming book, Deep in My Feelings - inspired the trend of Tiktok, where people are releasing their own versions of what they think would happen if they caught up with their past selves .

As of Friday, 16 million posts appeared on Tiktok’s “With My Young Self” page, and many users shared videos with text that began “I met my young self and drank coffee.” These posts often use clips from Gregory Alan Isakov's song "Sweet Heat Lightning".

For Cecelia, writing the poem is a way for her to embody "my current self-gathering meets my past self and become a person she didn't have at the time." She said she now heals and uses other people's poems to heal and Reflect on your memories and feel pleasantly surprised.

“Some people choose to go on a really very deep path to self-healing with the past, and some make it easier,” Cecelia said. “So it’s really a matter of seeing people step in every direction they take in it.” Too interesting.”

The videos have already gained hundreds of thousands of views on Tiktok - even Barbara Corcoran, a judge and entrepreneur, has shared her journey from waitress to becoming “Queen New York Real Estate”, Entering this trend.

In the video, trend participants reflect on topics such as body image, career planning, housing, relationships with parents, and romantic relationships with partners.

Sundas Raza, 21, a spoken artist based in Cardiff, Wales, believes the popularity of the trend is partly due to people who want to heal their inner children.

"It's easier to practice self-love when you talk to your kids than adults," Laza said. “So, I think through this trend, people can give themselves to themselves in the form of seeing themselves as young.”

Some people who posted the video said writing their own version of “coffee poems” is a way to celebrate their achievements. Others say it is a way for them to get rid of their past hopes and dreams.

Giselle Ortega said: “I think it’s so easy to get into trouble in my daily life and then seeing a trend like this force me to take a step back and reflect on how far I’ve gone. ” 23, also participated in the trend.

In her video, she recalls young self’s coffee order (ice mocha with two creams), while her current order (ice coffee and “Just Just Allond Mork”). Her younger self will talk about people she can’t wait to leave her hometown, and her older self will say how she enjoys her new homeland Boston.

“I hope we meet again for coffee,” her poem ends.