What A Year

It all happened so fast,

The year 2016.

High school came to an end

And college was no longer “just around the riverbend”.

Childhood turned to adulthood

And everyone said “don’t worry, you’ll be good”.

 

I learned a lot about myself this year.

What makes me happy and what makes me sad

All became perfectly clear.

I learned that it’s impossible to hide

All of what’s inside

Because it’s futile to try to be happy all the time.

For a while I thought I wouldn’t be okay;

That I needed to be saved,

But I found out that being my own hero was what I really craved.

 

I found out where I stand on certain issues

And how important morality actually is

Because the person going to be President is going to make me need some tissues.

I voted for the first time and exercised my rights

Guess I’m going to have to try again to get someone willing to fight.

 

2016: what a year.

It had it’s highs and it’s lows

And definitely kept me on my toes.

I learned many things

About life, myself, and this country

But I know that no matter what I have to learn to fly with my own wings

I have to walk to the beat of my own drum

And to never forget where I came from

Because  I am my own person

In my own version.