Pomp and Circumstance

Rang in my ears as I slowly took one last

Glance

At the world around me, that would change forever.

 

Diploma in my hand!

I did it,

 

But

 

This is not what I had planned.

 

Graduation,

Yes.

Adulthood,

No.

 

I wish I knew how

Fast

Time

Passed.

 

I wish I knew that

I would never live the life

I lived

Again.

 

I wish I knew that

Leaving town

Would cause such a massive

Breakdown

In my

Foundations

Built by the people in my life.

 

I wish I knew that everything I had was

Short, shifting and

Temporary

That I would have to make a place in the ground for the childhood I needed to

Bury.

 

I never knew how

Splendid

Childhood was until it had already

Ended.

 

I wish I knew that.