as she looked into her past,
she noticed that the road
she had traveled was
no simple straight line.
her journey toward fully
loving herself and the world
was full of forward and
backward movement,
twists, turns, detours,
and even some pauses.
at times, she doubted her progress,
her potential, and even
her power to change.
but today, with the
wisdom of experience at hand,
she knows she could not have gotten
to where she is without every
movement she has ever made.
from inward by yung pueblo