Born A Day Late (rewrite)

I was born a day late than I was supposed to

You may as well call me past due.

My mother told me that she wanted me to be born on the day her country, El Salvador, declared its independency from Spain.

Her pain would have been worth the wait for her child to be born on that day.

September 15,

I'm itching to overcome my sixteenth day of birthing because just like everything in life

I am late,

You can call me a delay

My airplane is running behind.

It's ok because I'm used to being a day late,

It's starting to become a dilemma.

Born a day late and elementary started a year later for me

Born a day late and fate had me on a date with deafness.

Born a day late full of caged rage, I gauge my age flared everything up!

Born a day late and it's past time to celebrate the independency

Born a day late and a sage dared me to bathe in God's safe haven

Born a day late and I learned the deadline for

college semester was yesterday

And just like yesterday was just a day early

For some of us in life

As we prematurely rush into situations we weren't ready to navigate in

We're stuck on a situation-ship!

We don't even know where we're going and we have the nerve to say "Look at me, I am the captain of this ship"!?!

Homie, sit down and take out your pen and pad, you need to scribble these notes down.

Don't give up on yourself, on me and others.

I would love for all of us to move at the same pace but the truth is that we aren't.

We are not all wired the same way,

We don't all click like the tock on the tick of the clock.

Wise up and humble down because

Some of us have a short fuse since the temperament we have far exceed the room temperature we need to operate

To a certain degree.

You see, I'm not complaining about being a

step too slow compared to everyone else.

I took my time to learn on my own pace and I wouldn't have it any other way simply because it is what made me who I am.

My identity is not based on how fast I can catch up to you, it is based on the decisions I make with my time, my love, my passions.

You see, I'm not complaining about being a

step too slow compared to everyone else

Because I'm not on my time,

I'm in the time of God

He is the one that decided to step into my tomorrow while I was a day late so He could erase my yesterday!

So here's to new beginnings, here's to a new tomorrow and a better expectation for a reality we want to see in life!

Don't be down on yourself for being born a day late.

Just look at me.