If I had my life to live over again

I would live it just the same

For one does not grow

In the absence of pain

And though wounds run deep

They always turn to scars

Leaving their mark on our memory

Leaving their mark in our hearts

I am grateful to you

To them and to those

To the events that collided

In making me grow

Because learning is done

In the grey space of mistakes

There are no correct answers

Errors unravel our fates

No, I would not change

This I know is true

Because each of my failures

Eventually led me to you.