Moving on

I have been in rooms where people have ignored my presence

I have been in rooms where people have put a spotlight above me

I have been in rooms where people worked so hard to pull me down

I have been in rooms where people stuck out their necks to pick me up

I have been in rooms where people put a prize on my value

True to the core, it was too low a price

I have been in rooms where I felt so little

Others I felt humble(oh I love these rooms) 

I have been in spaces where I let down the people who got me in

On some of these days, I let myself down too. 

Yet in all these I rise

And each day I look forward

To being better

To picking others up. To making people count

When the ghost of the past comes haunting, I'm too focused on the future to walk back

And despite it all, I'm grateful for all those rooms including those that shut their doors because who knows what I'd find if I pushed

Onwards going. Always!