Reinvention by Dan-Vy Nguyen

Reinvention by Dan-Vy Nguyen

I was so ready for a brand new start.

Our bus had pulled up late full of band kids

That just finished their last parade,

To the graduation party that had

Already started hours earlier.

We ran in and revived the party with

Our fresh excitement for the night ahead.

Graduation is a day full of joy,

Yet sad for all the goodbyes being said.

A day of celebration with close friends,

A day to enjoy your accomplishment.

While some remember reaching the finish

Line overwhelmed with relief that they’re done,

Others look forward with excitement for

The initiation for their journey.

We had a bowling alley and arcade

All to ourselves for the entire night.

As the night passed, I was looking around.

I was surrounded by all my classmates

All of whom seemed to look right through me

As if not a single person knew me.

I could not have felt more alone in that

Large room full of my graduating class.

All of my friends had their own group of friends.

I could easily slip in and out with-

Out them even noticing I was gone.

My memory of graduation day,

Is not one that I reminisce about.

That day was full of realization,

When everything I have felt became true.

I was so ready for a brand new start.