Born from sweat

Reared from ambition, but filed under damaged

Watching history grow older,

Whereas these shabby hands have become coarse and unwieldy

Poised, with bated breath, for an opportunity at amendment,

Another attempt at utilizing wisdom which isn’t half-baked

Initiating conversion, claiming results, celebrating a blank slate and fresh ink,

Just in time to still plead empathy for those presently unfamiliar

Integrating a unique persona an existence muffled by near fatal errors

Simply to write, even when wrong, may have been worth the sweat