"We stem from a root
planted in the belief that
we are not what we were called.
We are not abandoned cars
stalled out and sitting
empty on some highway.
And if in some way we are,
don't worry.
We only got out to walk
and get gas.
We are graduating members from
the class of
We Made it.
Not the faded echoes of voices crying out:
"Names will never hurt me."
But of course, they did.
But our lives will only ever
continue to be a balancing act,
that has less to do with pain,
and more to do with beauty."
~Shane Koyczan, To This Day