New Life

Cap on, tassel left,

o r   w a s   i t   r i g h t ?

BRIGHT lights

surrounded by people

people I claim to know

but do I really?

people I grew up with

but do they know?

rushed in a line

                               through 

                                                       a whirl 

                                               wind of 

                                                     papers

    that SUM up the last FOUR years of life

supposedly

I smile 

SCREAM

CLAP

hug

                            and shout

excited its over

but UNSURE of whats up ahead

my HANDS shake 

head pounds

as I walk through my door

a graduate

REALLY? me?

I party all night, 

first one without a curfew

my f e e t ache to move

dance

to the rhythm of 

my NEW life

my mind e  x  p  a  n  d  s

reeling with ideas

of a chance to start over

with no past to hold me back

to become solid

real

a fact

instead of a shadow

a myth

to finally glue myself

back together

almost

to become the people 

I've always admired

to take MY chance

and change the world

starting with ME.