Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good day. I thought that for today’s post we could take some time to stop and smell the flowers. In other words, I will “wax poetic” (speak in a flowery or poetical fashion) about my journey to and through my senior year (as I am currently a senior in high school) and the roller coaster of feelings and experiences that come along with it. 🙂 Perhaps I shall write a poem to begin this post. Without further ado…we begin!
A Poem About Senior Year
Smiling, Laughing, Touching, Restructuring, Beholding
Senior Year
She walks alongside old, familiar paths pulling my heartstrings as she goes
Things I’ve seen a hundred times make fresh my eyes with tears
Happy tears, for Senior Year
My chest swells with emotion as the ancient film plays in my head
Clicking, clicking, clicking through the slides
Pausing to reflect on the old, the new, and the familiar
she goes
she walks
she skips
she jumps
she stops…
Realization enters and smiles up at her
Filling her with a feeling unfamiliar
Not quite warm and not quite cold
This feeling impresses on the atmosphere
Leaving its mark and eventually drifting away
This uncertain ambiance, this weight, this thickness in the air identifies itself
It is the breeze of change gently rustling through the green meadows
Slipping through the rustling reeds and peeking around the rolling hills she goes
Change is strange but not unwelcome
She’s different from the others, senior year
She’s gentler than freshman year
Kinder than sophomore year
And less unpredictable than junior year
But, she’s not all together innocent
She challenges in a different way
Ambivalence is her noun
She gently reminds me of the past while simultaneously pulling me towards the future
It’s strange this conflicting sensation
But it’s not in vain
It seems that Senior Year intends to help me learn and grow
Not unlike a baby bird that must eventually leave the nest of all things familiar
I too must be willing to hold fond memories in my heart and test the waters of the future
Braving the unknown isn’t always easy, but perhaps easy isn’t the goal
Challenge
Strength
Curiosity
And the Quest For Knowledge
Pull me forward as I approach the edge of the meadow
Now she’s smiling wide, grinning from ear to ear as I peer over the edge at the rolling hills of adventure
Perhaps Senior Year is what I need to finally step away from the doors of the familiar
And into the doors of the unknown
My future and philosophical journey have finally begun
The rays of sunshine are pouring in, it’s a personal kaleidoscope
These beautiful moments of growth are her…
These happy, twinkling times are senior year.
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Thank you everyone for taking the time to reflect with me on this amazing journey in life that I classify as my senior year. I have resolved to take some time to identify life’s multitude of beauties and to find the positives in every day. It seems that senior year is an emotional journey designed to facilitate personal growth and transition from resting in the familiar to venturing into the unfamiliar. I’m slowly but surely turning the pages in my storybook called life and taking the time to recline and feel the warm rays of the sun on my face. I guess it truly is a year full of sunshine. 🙂 I hope this poem inspires you to embrace the seasons of change in your life and to make time to positively reflect on them (also I hope this inspires you to write poetry, haha). Come back again soon to make sure you don’t miss any fun content, empowerment, and general musings about the wonderful journey that is life! As always…
Dream-Succeed-Achieve,
Live Life The Girl Way
(Musings about life from Lilynator (Lily))
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