Mistakes

You need to make mistakes
To learn who you are
To know what it takes
And when you've gone too far

You need to find your deepest pits
Before you can see the height of your mountains
You need to swim your deepest seas
Before you can rise up and fly

You need to meet your other self
Across the river of dust
You need to arrive somewhere
In order to run away

What else defines someone?
What else besides their flaws?
Their beauty and their light - the day is only beautiful
Because it comes right after the night