Ode to Graduation
Torn in half
Between what was and what will be
I want to hold onto what I had
With dear life
I want to let go and move on
With no turning back
There is comfort in what was
The sweetness and warmth
Of childhood
Familiarity
Camaraderie
Innocence, wide-eyed wonder
There is intrigue in what will be
The unknown and width
Of adulthood
Open space
Older newness
Resigned, weighted freedom
Stepping down an aisle
With a square tasseled crown of “grown-up”
On my head
A navy robe of “you made it”
On my shoulders
Into a stretch of darkness
Into the unknown
Should I be looking back
In remembrance
Of the past days?
Should I be running forward
In anticipation
Of the days to come?
How can something so inevitable
Be this difficult to comprehend?
Standing on the threshold
Of stepping outside
The warmth from my home
On my back
It calms me
It traps me
The wind from out there
Blasting my face
It fills me with excitement
It fills me with fear
Two more months now
Before this push-and-pull
Is severed away
Reality is sinking in
But with it
Comes something else
A rush of hope
Sweeping over me
The ANSWER.
“One thing have I desired of the Lord
That will I seek after
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life”
I am not torn
He made me whole
I am not walking into darkness
But by the light of His Spirit
I am not afraid of standing on the threshold
He covers me in the shadow of His wings
And all that really matters
He is who He is.
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