Failing Forward

And when you make your self small

I'll too remember what it's like to still be attempting to fit in

Places we've outgrown

Like friends in

Places we once knew

And now old memories resurface in place to fill holes that used to be gaps

I know,

What you're feeling.

So I don't feel the need to break you down so that the healing process reveals images of me when you're reflecting in that mirror

Looking back on the moment it appeared

You were getting just too big

That box doesn't fit you anymore

And when you pick yourself up

I’ll be cheering from the side knowing,

That growing takes falling over awkward feats, sometimes

Stumbling upon a moment that grows momentous

Only stunted without action, in fact it’s

Ironic.

Though we both know that your fate rests in you’re own hands

Your faith questioned, and at no chance

Can you stay stuck in the program.

Blue pill but the concept of “chill” fills you with images of being placed back inside

A cold, dark box

And it’s not that you will try to be self degrading

Confused at how your views can be construed as hatred when you’re just stating the obvious—

Never say it.

But you know growth happens at different rates depending on the organism

So though you might think your growth is too slow you hold a deeper understanding

That, you refuse to grow in conditions less than optimal,

I’m proud of you