[CLOSED] - Poets Pub 2020 - Biggest Competition Ever Vol. 2

Years Past And The Years Beyond (AwSprite) wk-5

Years Past And The Years Beyond

Each standing among a sea of faces

After years of roaming these worn

Corridors and hidden places. The

Pockets of lingering corners and

Empty class-rooms, avoiding being

Swept up by the crowds and janitor's

Brooms. An endless battle of wits,

Skimming bodies and embracing

Fear, passing by the rounder's field

In the clear. Dance another class of

Mortal peril, just like cooking and

Sewing, standing on display for a

Shy showing. The battle lines

Were fierce, the months were drawn

And served in seasons, detention a

Courtly mock trial for attempting

To rewrite the rules, against all reason.

Bleak days falling in ever unruly hours,

Rainfall kissing the parched garden

Flowers, a moment of hope-filled

Dreams to remind us of our light, still

In flourishing but darkening sight. An

Education of wise words, branching

Out into fanning trees of knowledge,

Pearls of wisdom draping willowing

Leaves to adorn the résumé of our

Bejewelled college. Arising from the

Night of misunderstanding and into

The day of illumination, we grasp our

Sterling stars of hard won graduation,

Looking to one another in silver lined

Inspiration. Under the watchful eyes

Of our modern day centurions, where

We have battled torrid trials of class

Affairs to emerge with our hearts own

Striking valedictorian flair; harnessing

A steel resolve, our footprints left in

The sand, we walk on with the spirit

Of a wild stallion and of a peaceful

Mare, our historied experience

Beyond compare. To open the door

Into the cold, to the rest of our story

Kindling and unforetold.