I.
A graduation,
means two hands for beginners
starts all over again.
II.
A walk down the aisle
a cause for trepidation-
unless it's only you.
III.
Cap, gown and tassel
garb for the graduating-
leaving naked.
IV.
Lunchbox and recess
healthy lessons learned in school
useful blocks of time.
V.
The school house was not
your permanent residence
it is half way home.
VI.
Clique's are sticky groups
like fly traps, tarpits, quicksand
loiterers in life.
VII.
High school-That was it?
All that insecurity
was not about you.
VIII.
Fear and loathing wait
outside the high school iron gate
I'll still protect you.
IX.
Twelve years gone so fast
tying shoes to getting gas
your childhood was such a blast!
X.
Over a decade
of homework and studying
just the lesson plan?
XI.
The mirror becomes
your friend again, instead of
one you pretend not to know.
XII.
A proud mom, I beam
rays of opportunity
basking in your glow.
Image credit:By English Sgt. Ray Lewis [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
