Mistakes.

Teenagers make mistakes,
But when you learn from
your mistakes,
that is true beauty.

You have the power to be yourself
to make choices,
don't dwell on the mistakes in life
change your future
by being bright.

Mistakes often make life
and sometimes death;
we're expected to be perfect.

Perfection gets us no where.

Author's Note

I was told "Don't Dwell on mistakes." that phrase keeps me going, and knowing.

Reviews

[Hiddenfire]

"Mistakes often make life
and sometimes death;"

Could be a quote in and of itself. I couldn't agree more with the premise of this piece either, no matter how horrible any mistake may seem letting something like that dominate your life, who are you and what you'll be, it isn't right. The ability to dust yourself off afterwords knowing that no one is perfect is what matters.

[Charlene]

nice poem straight the the point but very powerful keep up the good writing! :)

[Distant horizons]

Nicely penned. and it's not only teenagers either.But we mostly just blame them :)