Trigger warning...

Leaving the Nest

I know every crack and crevice

So young and malleable

Frail and fragile

Sheltered from the unimaginable

This place is my home, I don't want to leave

I have to go

My home I will grieve

One day I'll forget this soil

I'll rise so high

Though I yearn for my chrysalis

It's time to spread my wings and fly

Metamorphosis, begin

Sketch the intricate designs

Carved into my skin

I've watched you all evolve

On the brink of my final year

Clinging to every memory

My love for Lowell is so severe

I wish someone had told me then

That someday these would be the good old days

But here I am at the end again

Just a caterpillar when I arrived

Now I've grown into a beautiful butterfly

I start to cry when I think

It's all over before I blink

All of us starting at another

Now we say "Have a good life" not "Have a good summer"