The teacher

I write to tell my story,

who I am and what I've been through.

My struggles and my strengths.

My success and my weaknesses.

It's easy to lose yourself in the heat of the moment,

but give me a paper and pen,

and it becomes easy to remember who I am.

I am everything my sisters made me,

because my parents couldn't.

I am everything my friends made me,

because my sisters couldn't.

But most importantly,

I am everything life made me,

because nobody could.

Life taught me to believe when I couldn't,

to smile when I didn't want to,

but most of all to trust in people when I didn't know I could.

I've been kicked when I'm already on the ground,

but I've been picked up by a complete stranger,

who now I am able to call a friend.

I learned to take that extra step,

to walk that extra mile,

to go the extra distance,

just to prove to everybody,

that I can.

I write to tell my story,

who I am and what I've been through.

My struggles and my strengths.

My success and my weaknesses.

But that is just who I am.