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Mistakes

December 17, 2021
By Anonymous

They always tell us 

Every day is a new day

To start it over


However we wake

The same person that we were

When we went to bed


With the same struggles

And same troubled mind and heart

Making it tough to


Ever truly restart

What is actually true:

The past will never


Erase or be forgot

What’s history cannot change

Instead we can learn


Learn from mistakes made

Yesterday. Use them to make

A better today


The author's comments:

I was inspired to write this piece coming out of a difficult time for me following countless setbacks. One of the influential figures in my life helped to realize that these setbacks are necessary in order for us to grow and progress in life. This revelation became my model for writing this piece.


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