Mistake.

Today I erased a mistake I made.

A mistake that was made approximately 2 years ago.

I remember being so excited when I got my car.

I wanted to put stickers all over it to make it mine.

The first one I planned on was the red Incubus.

I wanted everyone to know that I was a true fan.

Well, true enough to put a sticker of them on my car.

It was larger than I thought when I received it in the mail.

Yet, I still put it on my car.

Mistake.

I liked it at first.

It made me feel nice when I saw my car.

Then, something changed.

We grew apart.

I didn't like it anymore.

And the more I saw it, the more I hated it.

I realized I no longer needed to be defined by what I liked.

I grew up.

I grew out of it.

Today, I erased my mistake.

I washed my car, made it pretty.

And took off the sticker.

I am me. Not a sticker.