Bruises

When you fall

I'll wipe your tears and feel your pain

Reminding you how these moments

Forge our paths

And when I trip

I'll fight the urge to hide from view

I'll share with you the lessons

I still learn

We are alive

Bigger than mistakes or circumstance

Our story not written in the dregs

We hold the pen

I will show you

With honesty and an open heart

How our bruises give us a chance

To rise above