i do not regret

I loved everyone

Whoever heard me say “I love you”

Every single thing I’ve done

Every wound, every wonder that’s happened to me

Has shaped the bones of who I am

I do not regret a thing

There were moments heavy as stone

Moments that taught me gently or broke me open

I do not regret those hardships

They carved out space inside me

All my mistakes,

Even the ones I made again and again

I do not regret them

Sometimes a lesson must return

Before it finds a home in me

I do not regret

A single breath, step, or stumble

Nor what the world laid in my path

All the love I gave

All the kindness offered, even to hearts

That couldn’t hold it or return it

I do not regret that, either

They too deserved warmth

They too deserved gentleness

Everything blooms from what came before

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