Growing up
And feeling like
Everything was
Out of reach
Not knowing
Just how far
I could go
In high school
College was
My moon
With all the
Hardships
Headaches
Nightmares
Problems
Could I really get in?
Would I really go?
But I did
And I graduated
My freshman year of college
Sitting in an auditorium
Full of children
Just like myself
The question was asked
How many of you
Want to go to grad school?
Looking around
Thinking
I'm in college
Raising my hand
I made grad school
My moon
I knew I would reach it
Someday
Someday is here
I am a grad student
With yrs of work experience
Under my belt
A bachelor's degree
From an awesome school
I've reached
My moon
Now what?
Sure it's hard
It'll get harder
I'll want to pull my hair out
Maybe quit
But I won't
Why?
I'm on my moon
I'm living my dream
I'm proud of me
Thinking
Hard about
Just how far I've come
How hard I've had to work
Don't like people
For whom this is easy
Who breeze thru their MBA
At the speed of light
While others have to
Get there by the skin
Of their teeth
Working like slaves
Guess that's why the reward
Is so much greater for us
But that's them
I'm me
A grad student
As I think
I start to smile
Because I'm not done yet
Giving it some serious thought
And getting advice from loved ones
A decision has been made
I need a new moon
I've found one
Whether this will actually happen
Whether I will reach
Whether it'll be a rocket launch
Or
A long stair climb
Remains to be seen
A Ph.D is my moon now
=)