Do-Over

You never even knew you’d made the grade.
The handbook you were given at your birth
Made clear that times you get it wrong
Would cancel out the times you get it right.
You make your way through childhood’s bootcamp,
Oftentimes confused when what they tell you
Doesn’t measure up to how things feel.
And now, as you re-write the stories of your life,
You realize you never knew you’d made the grade