My Mothers Advice

Take your pain and call it experience.

My mother never directly said these words,

yet she implied it in every lesson, every lecture.

One day the world will demand to know your worth

on that day show them your scars and tell them your stories,

give them the resume you've written in blood.

Raise your head high, pull your shoulders back and look them in the eye.

Dare them to say you have not proven your worth.