Wednesday, February 19, 2025

The Graduate

Handshakes and hugs

And broad smiling tears,

Confident speeches to

Veil silent fears,

And time pauses briefly

Recalling the years

As the graduate

Glides ‘cross the stage.

 

Backslapping well-wishers

Seem to abound as the

Honorees hover

Five feet off the ground

And nowhere for miles

Can a dry eye be found

As each book

Opens a new page.

 

Glittering hope casts

Her sparkling beams

And offers her bosoms

To nurture new dreams,

To fill with a prospect

That bursts at the seams

And the clock cannot wither

With age.

 


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