Quiet Victory

They laughed when the teacher said he'd never be anything. That moment shattered him.

Walking home every day, broke and alone, he believed them. The voices in his

head were louder than any dream he had left. Years passed. He showed up to

that same school parking lot in a clean black car. Not for them. Not for revenge.

Just to prove to himself he made it. The best comebacks aren't loud or flashy.

They're personal. They're quiet victories that nobody sees coming. Because when you

rise from nothing, you don't need their validation anymore. You already won the only battle

that mattered, the one against yourself.