seven-eighths
seven
eighths
of my way
through college
i distinctly remember my first chemistry class
and my professor said that on
the completion of this course
we would be one eighth
the way through college
and so i thought nothing of it
because i still had
seven-eighths of my college left
and then I was a quarter of my way
through realizing that i wasn't
a dumb freshman anymore
and that my grades weren't gonna be
so stellar as i once anticipated
come three-eights
i gave up on my aspirations
to become a doctor, and settled
for chemistry and i would find
myself with more B's than i'd like
to admit by the time i was half
way done and leaving
i moved out on my own that year.
i didn't need mom and dad to hold my hand
and i arranged all the summer storage
all by myself
and that's when i realized a part of me
had been left behind in that first half
because i had finally grown up.
in time for an exciting summer!
research and work and instrumental chem
in my five-eighths of my college i didn't
even think about what was gonna happen
next semester besides the dreaded pchem 2
and by my three-quarters i had been
thoroughly beaten down to a pulp
absolutely exhausted, barely clinging to life itself
so i would leave my third-quarter of college
a summer came and went, honors research
and eating and sleeping and playing
and enjoying my sweet time with my friends
i had grown close to over that three-fourths
and now it's winter again.
like the first eighth. but now something has
changed, i have changed even to the point
that i'm unrecognizable.
instead of finishing that one-eighths,
i have reached the seven-eighths mark
with one eighth left to go
im on my own now
but i'm ready for that last eighth
i've made plans, i've worked hard
and i've executed a plan i never even had thought out
when i finished my first eighth of college
and soon i will return to the long quiet
but its not the same anymore.
i'm not the same anymore.
it's quiet but...
perhaps i want the noise
and i'm ready to move on
even before it starts
seven-eighths through
one more semester left.