Everything comes to an end at some point. Lines. Lives. The pizza you ordered a week ago that you just keep eating because why not, you dont have to cook.
And most if all, childhood.
I haven't actually been a kid since a couple months after my mom's second maternity leave ended.
I tried to make it up, but it didn't work. You can't be a kid again this late, no matter how much you want to.
My first day in high school starts at noon. I'll be not only mentally, but also physically and legally, an adult before I know it.
Going into kindergarten I was fearless. I was the same for 6th grade, yeah no problem. I wanted to grow up. Move out and get a job and have kids and get married and do everything that comes after childhood.
Looking back, I always looked forward. I always did everything to affect the future. Nothing was ever for me then.
I wish I had lived in the moment more. I wish I had soaked up the joy of being a kid. I wish I wasnt an adult already.
But here I am. About to step away from any chance of being a kid again.
Going into highschool is like stepping into the airport. You're abandoning whatever was going on before and going somewhere else.
Baggage checking is registration, getting you prepared to go.
Security is the tests, making sure you are good to go.
Boarding is the last stretch, graduating and leaving.
All of it is in preparation for departure. You don't leave to go play at the playground, you don't stray from the end goal too much.
But what's better about airports? You can go back. You can take another flight and go back go where you were, resume what was going on before you went to the airport.
High school is a one way street. You aren't a kid anymore, not really. You can't be a kid in high school. You've officially gotten to the end game. Congratulations.