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jmccarty submitted a contest entry to Write a letter or poem about your favorite day of 2023 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Graduation Day
How did I get here?
Yesterday was my first day of school
I think I blinked and now I’m done
It’s really almost cruelMy eyes were open before the sun
could wink its first few rays
Went through my usual morning routine
It was just another dayBut suddenly my shoes didn’t fit
My dress was way too tight
My gown looked wrinkled and needed an iron
Makeup wouldn’t sit quite right“Today of all days!” I though in dismay
I tried to take a deep breath
I started to sweat, started to fret
Oh but it wasn’t over yet“I know I signed up months ago!”
Now I was starting to panic
“I’m sorry,” she said, “You’re not on the list!”
I think I’m going to be sickTruth be told, I was dreading this day
Long before it came
It meant the end of what I knew
Where everything was the sameI’m standing on the precipice of change
The long and winding road that is the rest of my life
Looming large and unfamiliar
Past and future balanced on the point of a knifeIt’s all worked out, I step in line
Pomp and Circumstance ringing in my ears
No time to look, no time to run
Time to face the music, face the fearsThe lights are blinding, I squint and stare
I look up and I finally see
All the people in the world I love
Come all this way for meThe show is a blur I can barely remember
Laughing and crying all the while
With careful steps I cross the stage
Accept my diploma with a smileIt’s not so bad on the other side
I cautiously consider
What was I so afraid of?
(Besides getting old and bitter)“You’ll be chasing that high forever,
All downhill from here,” they say
Your life doesn’t end after school
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Wow! This piece is brilliant! And as someone who also feared change after graduation, just know it’s going to be great. You are right, this is just the beginning. And congratulations on graduating. It is a huge accomplishment. Thank you for sharing this wonderful poem and thank you for being part o
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