You either hear people say "high school are the best four years of your life" or you hear "college is the best four years of your life." I'm not sure who said that about high school, but they were dead wrong; at least in my case. High school was the absolute worst time of my life. There were so many struggles with education, social life, and even my home life. It didn't cease when I got to college, but it slowly got so much better. These last 4 year were definitely the best of my life. Graduating high school was 100% a joyful day because I was leaving behind a chapter of my life that I could not wait to close, and starting one I could not wait to start. Now here I am, closing another chapter, but this time I have so many mixed emotions I don't even know where to begin.
High school graduation
I feel like it was yesterday
Getting ready to put on my white cap and gown
To walk across the stage and celebrate with friends I didn't know didn't care about me
I remember crying but I'm not really sure why
I think it was more emotional because I was growing up and taking a big step forward
Taking a big step out of a school that gave me horrible memories
A town that destroyed my family
And people who were so toxic you would think it was a wasteland
Hearing my name being called
Walking across that stage
I knew I was leaving a HUGE piece of my past behind me
A piece that could not longer haunt me
College graduation
It took forever for this moment to hit me
This moment of realization that I am closing another chapter
But this time it's a chapter I don't wanna forget
I'm ready for it to end
But i'm not ready to say goodbye
I'm happy but i'm hurting
Leaving friends that I know care about me and love me unconditionally
Knowing I won't be seeing them in September
It stings and i'm aching
In only a week i'll be putting on my black cap and gown
Hearing my name
And walking across another stage to another new chapter
But this time I will cherish it, I will remember it, and bring it with me everywhere