Failure is an option
I am a failure
I fall and scrape my knees
I have scars that may never heal
I have cuts that still bleed
But my past wounds don’t define me
They made me
They made me into someone unafraid of my past
Someone willing to accept the mistakes of that past
Someone who learned to grow from them
While I was once scared
I’ve learned that failure is necessary
It has shaped me in unforetold ways
I now embrace the scars that cover me
The pain that has taught me
The wounds of my past that I have learned the most valuable lessons from
That will now propel me to the success that awaits me in my future
The getting up that makes me stronger
Because the only thing stopping me isn’t failure
The only thing stopping me is me
While I may still be bleeding
My knees may still be stinging
I get up
I get stronger