(This piece is from 2005 when I was graduating from high school, moving to a new city and beginning to branch out into the wider world. It's a time capsule into a past version of me.)
Most recently I have forgiven myself
For realizing that I can never be the all-American girl
For not being a nice person sometimes
For dreaming more than doing
For withering away over the internet
For not being the smart person that people think I am
For sometimes thinking my problems are unimportant
For being perfectly content with my body
For dwelling on my own problems
For not being as “experienced” as most of my friends
For not going to parties