I. Last Day
No assignments,
nothing to do,
but sit and watch
the hours tick by.
The energy is almost tangible.
Every nerve firing
off simultaneously.
Everybody day-dreaming
about long summer nights.
Thoughts of school
Far from consciousness.
II. The Reality of Summer
School gets out and
you dream of parties
and relaxation.
Then, two weeks go by
and reality hits;
chores, work, and sunlight
until 9:30.
No time for more than
two or three parties
and no time to relax.
That's when you wish
it was the last day again,
when the day-dreams were real.
Before reality hit.
III. Graduation
Wake up to the songs
of the morning.
Feel the butterflies;
today's the day.
Hear your name called,
this is it.
The beginning of
the rest of your life;
and it begins in a cap and gown.
Today, graduation.
Tomorrow? Who knows?
IV. College
Late nights of cramming for exams.
Of partying with the co-eds
and waking up hungover.
Days in lecture halls, full to the brim.
Stuck listening to the professor
drone on about nothing.
Weekends of sorting groceries
and collecting tips.
Dinners of Top Ramen
and warm soda.
V. The Dorms
Slamming doors and blaring music.
Shouts, yells, and all manner
of human-like noises.
(or not so human)
Dimly lit halls and small rooms.
Mini fridges and T.V. dinners.
shared bathrooms and racy
jokes of various body parts.
Your own kind of family, no matter
how irritating they can be.
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