“The Calming Adaptation”
January 3, 2023
September, October
Days seem pretty slow
Clock tickin
Bell Ringing
Where too next? Where is my schedule?
The College Academy is a comfort zone
The way we walk around crowded hallways
Colleges seek creative skills
Awaiting for graduation how are my grades?
Playing ball and scoring to make the crowd scream
Our parents are proud, where is my ice cream?
Honors Honors Honors
how can we make it?
Ranking 95 GPA can get us scholarships
heavy book bags, packed lockers
November, December
Big scanners winter breeze
Heavy rainy days
transportation is slow
The sun is still low… 5 am hits
The sun hasn’t scared me
January February
Months feel like years
The year 2023 is here
Winter is still here, regents are near
Programs are open
“New year, new snacks”
Time changes, exams start expanding
Essays get longer, Counsellors start questioning
Voices in my head
“get up early sleepy head”
Aching for more sleep
” Baby is cold outside”
March, April
Autumn is here, stress every where
staying after school
Saturday school
sounds like a big deal
Teachers are strict “why do I have an 89,
can I just get the two points?”
Binders full, Grades cool
Walking home music in my ears
Bad bunny is our moment
The sky bright light blue, leaves slowly arriving
“Wait why did my grades go down in a bad timing?”
May
Students start to get anxious
The door opens I receive an invitation
The wind start’s to get hotter, my heart start to shatter
Trains are faster
Studying is a pattern
My Regents staring at me
Here goes nothing
Time to show the world something
June
WOW
Graduating
it felt as if this took
a billion years
Walking down the isles,
seeing all my teachers
emotional
is this it?
Is this the moment I have been waiting for
my whole entire life?
Everyone’s eyes glancing
my soul colliding
My stomach turning
I am a tornado
My classmates happy
My surroundings is a rollercoaster
I am a celebrity, I am a doctor,
I am a lawyer, I am entrepreneur,
I am an astronaut, I am a teacher
I am still on stage?
am me, this is my voice
But TCA is my home and we are family
