Senior year closed in on me.

Senior portraits

Senior sunrise

Senior year.

And yet

I lay in my room

Preparing to work the next morning

Where I have worked for the past 3 years.

Waiting for summer to end

And my last year of high school

To begin.

Throughout high school I have lost friends,

And I have gained friends.

I have a boyfriend of one year,

And good grades.

I have lived here for 9 years.

Same house,

Same room,

Same people,

Since 3rd grade.

All I can see is that it's ending.

I know my future holds a lot.

I'm just not ready

To let go of my present

And go into the unknown.

And suddenly,

It was all becoming real.