One day as a senior walks the school corridor,

she realizes she only has a month remaining.

She finds herself wishing and wanting for more,

even though much of her past here felt draining.

She opens her locker and gathers her things.

On the way to her next class, she stops to chat with some fake friends,

thinking of how she won’t really see them after the final bell rings.

She ends the conversation and heads off to class before passing period ends.

Later at lunch she decides to try something new.

After obtaining her meal she joins a table of fresh faces.

She tries to make new friends but with her they want nothing to do,

so she stands up and takes her plate to a table of empty spaces

High school is a trying time for a teenage girl,

but once she leaves it will seem as though it passed in a whirl.

College life is a whole new ball game.

She left behind all the people who made her feel like an outcast.

When she arrives on campus she’s a star basking in the fame –

every club is trying to recruit the freshmen before they can finish walking past.

Acapella, chess, art, drama, and speech,

all these new possibilities take her mind off her worries.

Her past is behind her, no more popular kids draining her like a leach.

The semester begins quickly, off to class everyone hurries.

She finds her first class and sits in the front row’s first seat.

Others file in, but unlike high school, no one whispers about her.

She takes in a deep breathe, this new start is neat.

Thinking back to high school, she prays that college doesn’t pass in such a blur.

College is an exciting new adventure.

She is taking advantage of the opportunity and preparing for her future.