A.J. Henderson - Graduation

Graduation


Here we are coming to end, which is also a beginning
All the smiles, tears, adrenaline, sweat, and broken hearts
Through the dances, clubs, sports, parties, and friendships
No one knows what each of us has gone through to be here
I can look around at everyone and wonder what they will be
Some may never remember their teachers, you, or even me
All the weight of world is now pressed upon our shoulders
Fighting the good fight to make something of ourselves
Four years of work to start all over again with a new fear
Not showing ourselves, not to shed a single tear
Where one door closes another opens, be we must walk through
Though nothing is what it seems, everyone wearing a mask
Afraid to open up for fear of being hurt, for fear of change
We will never know unless we make our fate and
Meet our destiny with all we have taken from this place
Sharing our love and friendship with new friends
Though never to replace our high school companions
How can we ever forget the memories we made in this chapter
The dark days coming into light, the days we did not want to wake up
The mornings after we let it loose, having to get up and make it through
I cannot see what lies ahead, but I know some things must stay unsaid
I will say I love every friend that I have made here at North Gwinnett
Thank you, you have no idea what you have done for me.

A.J. Henderson

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