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In Need Of You - An Account of a Young Girl's
Need to Hold Onto Innocence
When I wrote this poem, I
was having a rough day. I felt like I had been pushed into the whole college
thing and on top of that class didn�t go so well. Life, like it has a tendency
to do, was moving too fast for me and I was having trouble keeping up. The
campus was full of people that were older than me and, whether I knew them or
not, it didn�t help that I look 3 years younger than I am. In their faces I saw,
�Welcome to college�where the next four hellish years of your life will be
spent. Say goodbye to free time! Say good bye to childhood.� Needless to say,
being the worrywart that I am, I was a little scared. This means no more summer
vacation, no more I�ll do it an hour before class starts, no more I�ll Sparknote
it. I have the responsibilities of an adult. How did this happen? WHEN did this
happen?! I�m still a minor! The responsibilities of an adult?! I�m not ready for
this. I don�t want to end up like the �shackled prisoners,� no college education
and working two jobs to support myself and possibly two plus kids, but reading
chapters 1 � 5, writing two four page essays, and analyzing something or other
to help better understand an old piece of art that doesn�t even deserve to be
hanging on the wall in my basement, doesn�t exactly sit well with me either. I�m
not lazy; I don�t want to let the days of old pass away so quickly. Luckily for
me, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. The one who has kept me sane
through this ordeal, the one I look forward to seeing after this bomb has been
dropped on me, my �one.� Although not necessarily a true love just yet, he
provided me with enough hope and joy, even in his absence, to get me through the
day. Pencils down, class starts in five minutes, I have to go get my books. Ah
life! Here you are again.
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