Senior Year

Heart pounding, hands sweating

my stomach does a flip after reading the words

“You have been accepted”

Excitement, nervousness, sadness

Seventeen years flew by as fast as a racecar and before I know it,

I will be walking across the stage,

diploma in hand

Excitement, nervousness, sadness

Excited for a new beginning and opportunities

But the feeling of nervousness in the form of butterflies

fill my stomach as I realize my whole life is about to change.

Sadness forms tears in my eyes as I realize what college really means:

leaving my hometown and loving family

This chapter may be coming to a close,

but a new one is just beginning