"Reflections..."

I wrote this this august sitting and pondering how much i've been through since leaving for college, amazed at how much i've learned and grown...


8/1/2009

I remember mom crying when I left for college

All the endless flat tires and broken failed engine responses

The voicemail that played over and over of

A lost love

Friendship at its best

Questions in the early early morning

And kisses that laid to rest

Dreams that were learned and

Eyes that cried a mind unresponsive

At reasons for goodbye

The definition of alone never

Proved so valid and mistakes

And crooked lines

Gave me the challenge

Of thinking I wasn’t who I thought I was

And I didn’t want so soon

What I thought I needed

as I watched the miles run

on my odometer

liberation came as the speed

Reached eighty five

So we covered the windows

Once the sun rose

Sleeping in carried over

Even when the places to be became

Ever the more impendent

Pretending was paired with pulling

The covers over my eyes

Sometimes even

To sleep at night

I would realize that eyes closed

I could still see the light