High School

High school,

A word I was scared to hear,

A place I dreaded in fear.

Oh how scared I was before,

In attending such place,

Filled with new things and challenges.

How afraid to leave the past

Of being pampered so much.

But still I need to let go,

Of the things I used to enjoy.

The freshman year was hard,

New faces, new environment,

Waking up early and going home late,

Tons of homework that tired me out,

It seems I can’t keep it up.

Everyone felt tensed,

Everybody looked competitive,

Many wanted to be on top,

The atmosphere was suffocating me to the extent.

As time passed by,

I enjoyed everyone’s company.

It seems they’re not as bad as I thought they would be.

People are nice and outgoing.

The ten months of freshman year has ended,

Though the last day is memorable,

Filled with tears of being with a new company,

Promising one another to not forget each other.

The next phase is the sophomore year,

We’ve gotten accustomed to the system,

So the tense feeling has been changed,

Into a lighter and brighter one.

I could see old faces filled with smiles,

As they welcomed the new ones to the class,

The new ones seemed too shy,

To approach any of us.

This stage is also enjoyable,

Some could say it’s better than before,

Laughter’s always present in this class,

It seems everyone’s warmed up to each other.

Classes became much easier,

More free times to spend,

More procrastination’s done,

This year is full of slacking.

The school year was about to finish again.

As it comes nearer to the end,

People got so much busy,

With the piling school works.

Research proposals are needed already.

Everyone’s panicking now,

Stress and cramming came back to us again,

Is this the karma for too much resting?

We managed to complete the obstacle.

Now’s the preparation for the new year ahead of us.

It seems some of us will be moving out of the class.

It’s sad but that’s just how it was.

Sophomore year ended without much problem.

Third year is coming up real fast.

A new environment,

For us to dwell with all our might.

It seems something changed,

Everyone became more matured,

They became more responsible.

Still, the smile and laughter never faded.

The lessons are harder to understand,

But this makes this stage challenging.

It’s just the start of the adventure.

Enjoyable moments are expected to come.

It’s been three years,

But it feels like yesterday,

Remembering those times of mixed feelings,

Like there’s a vivid image of it in my mind.

The happiness of being together,

The sadness of parting,

The thrill of meeting new people,

I remember it as clearly as a fair day.

My perspective of high school has changed,

Not anymore a word I don’t even want to hear,

Not anymore a place I ‘m not willing to visit,

     But instead one of the moments I cherished and enjoyed 

                   the most.