8.7.16 //
I am my
mistakes.
I am my
past.
I am my
misfortunes
& I am my
tears once shed.

But.

I am also my achievements.
I am also my future.
I am the perspective I've chosen to take
and the lessons I've learned.

And those come together,
coursing through the muscles of my cheek,
to pull the edges of my lips
apart & upright.

And I smile knowing that I've come so far. -A