Puzzled.

I'm nineteen. In these nineteen years, I have experienced many emotions, trials, happinesses, sorrows, pains, and excitements. I still relish in the positive, and I still hurt from the negative. I can't change what has happened. I can't take back any event from the past. And you know what? I don't want to. All of these things combined have created a masterpiece: me. Without each and every piece of life I have experienced, I would not be the person that I am.

Yeah. I wrote a poem, and I'm even proud of it. It sometimes just happens, okay?

to the jobs I have survived

to the messes I've made

to the places I have lived

to the bills I haven't paid

to the places I've travelled

to the illnesses I've had

to my brothers and sisters

to my mom and dad

to the A's I've received

to the contests I've won

to the assignments I've failed

to the homework left undone

 to the students who don't care

to the teachers who do

to the drama of high school

with that, to being through

to the beaches I love

to the days in the sand

to the icy cold air

to the frost bitten hands

to the people who have hurt me

to the people who I still love

to the people who watch over me

to the ones from up above

to those that I've hurt

to their broken hearts

to the wrong things that I've said

to the reasons we've drifted apart

to the friends who have faded

to those still shining bright

to the people who will never forget me

to the ones that still might

to the things that bring smiles

to the things that make me cry 

to the boys who have broken my heart

to the boys who have helped me fly

to my first best friend

to my first kiss

to the shoulders I've cried on

to the missionary I miss

to the future still unwritten

to the knowledge that I'll find bliss

to the thrill of unknown

to whoever will have my last kiss

to each little puzzle piece

to each and every size 

please, continue creating my life

so far, it's been the ultimate prize

Thank you. Thank you all for being a piece to the puzzle of Jane. Thank you for my experiences, for piecing yourselves together to create me, for showing me what it is to be me, and for letting me love myself. I am simply Jane, and nothing is ever going to change that.

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