Teetering on the Precipice
Warily I look down
And see what I have been striving for
Suddenly my breast swells with fear
And I long to return to the days before
When boys had cooties
And ine bad test grade didn't affect your life
When SAT rhymed with C-A-T
And jobs were fodder for make-believe
Everything changes so quickly
Seasons have become divisions of a day
If I blink, another half a semester will finish
Huge decisions are made by all I know
I'm standing on a rapidly melting iceberg
And the Titanic vessel called Real Life
Is about to crash into me
I've always seen life as Everest
That I've desperately tried to climb
But as I drown in a sea of fears
While constantly approaching the summit
I realize I'll never have another opportunity to make this climb
And I mourn all the dolls I lost
Beth Siler
11/15/98
11/15/98
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