You may write me down in history

As the kid who never gave up

The kid who started from nothing 

Who got bad grades

Always got in trouble 

Parents always mad at me

Being told I was going to be the one that wasn’t going to do anything with their life

To becoming the kid who is a know it all

The kid who gets good grades

Has overturned their parent’s thoughts about them

Has become a better child

Able to prove their parents wrong 

Unable to have anything to stop me

I am now the kid who is no longer clenched in the fists of depression

Wondering why no one likes me

Wondering how to stop being annoying

Sometimes I didn’t know how to feel

I’d do anything for acceptance

Buy your food, do your homework

But no, I was burdened by the fact that I was being used.

I sat in my room where I felt alone 

Used, useless, this was my lowest point

Then there was a light at the end of the tunnel

It was a train I must run

The train was reality

I realized that all these things shouldn’t hold me back from what I want

You don’t go into history books for what you did wrong

But for what you accomplished

So I changed, I matured, and life moved on

So may I be remembered as the comeback kid

You may write me down in history as the kid who never stopped