She said, "I can't do it,"
her eyes shining with playful teasing.
Me, with the stubborn mind and will in my eyes,
said, "I can and will, and you'll see."

So it began,
making a chaos out of the colored cubes,
looking like a fool,
who's got no idea what she's doing.

I failed once, twice, thrice, for months,
but somehow I did it.
I put it back to how it was,
and I matched the colors to where they belonged.

And I felt proud of me,
for the first time in this life.