the energy i once put forth to hide my frailty

now can better be spent correcting what bothers me

usually not getting or having my way, only to find

what i so desperately sought wasn’t good for me anyway

my first reaction as a child was to proclaim my innocence

now i can pause and evaluate my part of the incident

the reflection allows me to see i am often wrong

but rather than making me feel weak, oddly enough

it makes me feel strong