When I was in the ninth grade I wrote a poem for a class. The poem was named "I am from" but as time passed where I'm from has changed.
I am from
A poem
I am from the mistakes of my past that I did not learn from
I am from the feelings of feeling like a burden when the truth was I just hated myself
I am from a mother who was just trying her best with what she knew
I am from a father who let his mental illness control him
I am from a step father who I some how still love and hate to this day
I am from a step mother who lost her son and used me as a replacement
I am from a broken home
But that does not make me broken
I am from helping others when they need me
I am from always doing my best even when told I wasn't good enough
I am from never giving up
I am from loving others so hard that it hurts
I am from learning that who I was is not who I have to be. Change is possible. You just have to be willing to look for it and to accept it.
Yeah there's gonna be some bad days
Maybe even some bad years
But never give up.
I am from me who I will always love even when no one else can love me