Looking Back To Move Forward

Once a girl now a young lady 

Looking back in comparison to my now 

Remembering the times when my hardest decision 

Was whether to go with the strawberry or tropical popsicle 

Not to say I wanted to go back to that time but 

To wish that I didn't grow up so fast .. for even myself 

It's days and memories like these that make me 

Understand that no struggle would be permanent 

And what felt like an eternity of waiting 

Was just hours or minutes to him 

It was not the believing that was hard 

It was the where, when & how long ??

Felt like waiting in a queue to the bathroom at the mall 

I had hit a rock so large it wasn't just my foot but 

My whole body just slammed into it 

Like I had pushed hard on the brakes at a red light and 

Set the hydrolics 

It took a 20 year milestone

To make me understand the concept; 

The distance between that pain and this victory 

It took that same journey for me to understand that 

Nothing I had been through was wasted

Life went from choosing popsicles to choosing 

The direction I wanted my life to go for the next 20 

To be stuck in what could be ?? or 

Wake up to the reality of all possibilities 
To pick oneself up and strive for excellence
Hoping the next 20 year milestone would spell a "Well Done"
In bright lights 
I could finally look to those years and tell myself I made it 

Pebble$ 

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