Mikstakes

• Courtney Streeter
• Poetry
• 2011

As blood runs
Down my arms
Feelings of sorrow
Dwell in my heart
Little mistakes like these
Make the world
Fall apart

I sit in my room alone
Thinking and hoping
My movements subtle
So no little mistakes may
Tear my heart apart

The scars are healing
My heart is mending
There's tear stains
On my old shirt
I look back and I say
Those little mistakes
Made me who I am today.