"untitled" - A life in poems

18.

"Truly living" is a strange concept

I used to feel bound by it

But then I realized that

"Living" is an ongoing process and

That it's not something you do all at once

Hearing my name

Said aloud and

Being talked to

is still strange but

I'm getting used to it and

I'm loving it

There is so much world out there that

Had been hidden from me that

I'm finally experiencing and

It's wonderful

There are aspects of myself that

I didn't know I had;

Before college I was a shell of

Who I could really be, and

The people I surround myself with are

The ones who are helping me grow

Like a seed planted in winter,

I was stunted

And now it is summer,

And I am flourishing

I am happy here,

With these people

Six is a powerful number and

The amount of friends we usually have in our dorm

At once

I was so worried about making friends but

I had never had true friends before now

They have lent me their ears and their laughter and

I don't feel judged for the first time and

It's the most wondrous feeling