The Student's March

This is a sort of response to a couple of pieces, including "The Student" by Ted Kooser, "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke, and a few others.

It’s                                                                                           silly

really.

I’m a                                                                                        girl –

one out of thousands – at this school.

And I know this is where                                                            you

look

to find yourself; an I-Spy book.

I                                                                                               know

that even when you’re lost,

believing that you’re all alone,

when it seems like there’s                                                          nothing

left,

there is.

                                                                                                You

ask me to tell you my life,

I                                                                                               think

how                                                                                          there are

all of these

new people

and all of these                                                                          endless possibilities.

I can remember feeling lost                                                         and

found all at the same time.

How is                                                                                      that

possible?

Well that is how                                                                         this

all works out;

just like it                                                                                  is the real world

now.

‘Cuz all I wanted is right here.

And college is my greatest (No!) feat.

It’s scary and exciting and

liberating.                               

                                                                                                 It’s not

high school anymore,

It’s the real deal.