Somewhere

Home Game

It's time for the game

Donning red and black

Hot dogs and hamburgers among the fall leaves

Booze and bottles all over the grass

Rap music playing from the speakers

Students hurrying from their dorm rooms to the stadium from the game

Each building stands tall as a temple to learning with its white columns reaching towards the sky

This is home

Where all students of learning at any age are able to come back and rejoice in their patriotism for their school

It is turning to evening

I bet going on this campus to classes is like falling in love but I was never invited

I never got my acceptance letter

I wanted to go to this school

Wanted to lean on the edge of the upper floor of the library

Staring into the forests

Writing stories of witches, vampires, castles, Kings, and Queens

Reading Bronte, Dickens, Austen, Plath, Twain, Dickinson and Tolstoy

When I was rejected from this school

My passion wavered too

Because it wasn't the same anymore in the tropical heat

I found comfort in air conditioning behind a computer screen

Comforting myself with the idea of an occupation after college

Maybe I could enjoy those things then but I have little hope

Life isn't the fairytale I imagined

The home game begins

Fans waiting in the stands

Loyalty to the school and the promises that used to be when they were in college

"Did you hear Anne got engaged? She is a Business Administration major. The girl was in honors classes in high school. We are so proud of her."

The security is gone and I must move on but I bet being on this campus is like falling in love