Graduation

© By Anonymous
I've waited for this all my life, it's finally that day
Now I can live my own life, start doing things my way

No more forty-five minute study halls
Or spazzing out when my GPA falls

No longer will I have to get up before the sun
Or attempt to make friends with everyone

No more rushing to catch the bus
Or worrying about projects, due dates, and all that fuss

No one will tell me what and what not to say
"Don't do this, don't do that, don't act that way"

Bye-Bye classrooms, text books, and lunch-lines
Don't have to pay that overdue book fine

No longer existent are CBE's, SAT's or proficiencies
Good-bye alphabetical order and assigned seats

Now I'll be the one to choose when I eat
Band concerts and football games won't be a worry

I won't always have to be in such a hurry
So long science, language arts, history and math

Teachers, all determined to show me the right path
I've been here over half my life, it's all I've ever known

Twelve long years, this place is my home
It's finally over, I can't believe it's true

It's over... but now what am I supposed to do?

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