Lesson of the Silent Hall - poem

[tigriswolf]

Title: Lesson of the Silent Hall

Rating: PG

Written: Spring, 2006

 

I stand in the silent hall,

Almost terrified.

I’ve stood here for years now

But it’s time to go.

 

Finals are over and done with;

The real world calls.

And I watch ghosts chase each other

And fade into the wall.

 

I’ve spent a lifetime here—

It’s all I know.

This is where I grew up,

Where I became who I am;

This is my world,

This school ground—

These buildings that I love to hate

Are my second home.

 

But now I am grown.

 

I see children running,

Running past me and fading to mist.

Oh, I wish childhood was not like that.

I want to grab ahold of innocence

And bring it back.

Let me return to kindergarten—

Is that too much to ask?

 

I stand alone in the hall,

Alone but for memories.

Class has started but not for me.

Am I now an interloper,

Not knowing my place?

 

But I was here first,

Thirteen years ago.

 

And now the end has come.

Where did time go?

Just yesterday I was a little girl

And now I’m a woman grown.

I can’t curl up in Momma’s lap

And Daddy can’t throw me high—

And is it almost time to say goodbye?

 

I see kids running towards me.

Is it us, who we were, back at the beginning?

So happy, with childlike faith,

The belief that nothing could happen to me.

But I know the truth,

Standing here in the silent hall.

I’ve grown and learned

The real world waits for us all.

 

And I turn, a sad smile on my face,

Watching who we were race back through time.

I slowly go down the stairs, leaving for good,

One last time.

Someone else can have the silent hall

Because I am gone.

 

I’m gone from that world;

Time for something new.

I learned all I could

And the halls have nothing else to say to me.

Comments

[unbreakableburr.livejournal.com]

That was lovely and made me cry just a bit.

[tigriswolf]

Thank you so much!

[unbreakableburr.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!