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Doing A Stupid Thing

April 29, 2024
By avarh7098 BRONZE, Paris, Tennessee
avarh7098 BRONZE, Paris, Tennessee
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What they don't tell you before doing a stupid thing


Especially at a young age


Are the scars that are imprinted forever


With you


In your brain


And in your heart.

 

Minor or major


You will mess up, one time, or many times


You are expected to make a mistake 


But making the wrong one


Will change who you are


Forever 


Altering you into a new, fresh mindset


Or leaving you drowning 


Within the vast ocean of your mind


Where you once conjured up something so stupid


For something so little


Risking everything 


For nothing. 

 

Maybe you do it because your bored


Maybe you want to prove a point 


Maybe you just want to ‘live a little’ 


Or maybe, your just a young girl


Trying to figure out life


Trying to figure out how to please people you love the most


When in the end


You end up hurting them


Disappointing them


As they see a side of you, which truly isn’t yourself


And that’s what impacts you the most


It’s the guilt 


The regret


The knowing fact the little, innocent girl that was one inside you


Is forever gone


And you do everything to make her stay


Or come back 


Just to push her away 


Forever


From one stupid thing. 

 

You want to bottle yourself up 


The strong desire to stay in your dark room


Avoiding everyone


Knowing what you’ve done


Thinking they don’t even know you


When that wasn’t you at all


You let yourself explore a little too far


You crossed your boundaries


You intended to be the best 


For your siblings


For your cousins


For your mom


For your dad 


For your family


Just to disappointment them all


From one stupid thing


A stupid thing


That so strongly altered your life 


You honestly became a different person

 


What they don’t tell you when you make a stupid decision


Is you have two choices following


You can take it 


Run with it 


Do it all again


And destroy your life


Or


You can learn from it 


And let every action following 


Benefit you 


For your family


Friends


And especially


For yourself


To be happy


Grateful


Smart


And prosper


After 


Your


Stupid


Thing. 


The author's comments:

This piece really reflects on my past, and how I prospered from my mistake that I once thought was the end of the world. 


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on May. 10 at 2:27 pm
Cylu728 PLATINUM, Miami, Florida
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So true