Last year

I couldn't look in the mirror without being disgusted

This year

I look at myself and smile knowing I love who I am

Last year

I felt alone, isolated, confused

This year

I have countless friends whom I can talk to about anything

Last year

I nearly ended my life because I despised it so

This year 

I've recieved my first college acceptance with the best merit scholarship in my class 

after being told I was too unintelligent and too poor to get in

This year I have fought harder than I ever have in my life

Sometimes I stumble and I nearly fall

My friends are always there to catch me 

To save me 

Last year

I thought I wouldn't live past the spring of my junior year

This year

I am ready to move into my life

To become my own

To set my mark on the world

To save others

This year

I will achieve my goals

This year

I must strive to move forward

I must work for my goal

This year