Poem By AE/MS Student Strikes a Nerve During COVID-19 Crisis

Elizabeth Henderson will be graduating with the class of 2020

By Elizabeth Henderson

Time is something we should never take for granted.
We never realize it but time is moving fast and the years are piling onto us.
We don’t think about these things, but what if we did?
It’s crazy isn’t it? To think in five to seven years you and your friends will be having their own lives.

As time moves on, without even realizing it, we will slowly start to separate from each other.
We don’t think about these “last” moments until they already happen.
Like someday we will have our last sleepover together,
Our last hangout together,
Our last party together,
Our last late night rant together,
Our last call together,
Our last birthday together,
Our last argument together,
Our last laugh together,
Our last cry together,
Our last happy moments,
Until finally we have our last conversation.
All of these “last” moments are ones that once they are over, you may never be able to gain them back again.
We are young and naive and we don’t want to believe that at the end of the day everything will come to an end and we will all have these “last” moments.
But these memories will never be forgotten.

One day, your kids will find a picture of us and they will ask who we are.
Some may laugh, some may cry, but most will smile as the memories come flooding back to you.
You will remember your first sleepover together.
Your first hangout together,
Your first party together,
Your first late night rant together,
Your first call together,
Your first birthday together,
Your first argument together,
Your first laugh together,
Your first cry together,
Your first happy moments,
Until you finally recall your first conversation.
The conversation that started memories.
The conversation that pushed the limits of friendship.
The conversation that brought you out of your comfort zone.
The conversation that brought times of joy, sadness, and anger.
The conversation that started a pathway for a whole life of drama and chaos but also a life of fun and events that will never be forgotten.
Life changes and life evolves.
But you have to cherish the time you have now and the people you have now so that you have something to look back on in the future.