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Reams Full Of Dreams

icaruswithwarmwingsLeave a comment

It really just begins as a question:

Who do you want to be?

There’s no answer yet,

just confusing clues,

and time.

At some point the rough outline, the shadow, the future is visible: 

now just a gossamer dream, 

but focusing with time, condensing…

I pour myself into the process.

I’m buying what they’re selling,

buying a future,

buying a me.

They’re selling dreams, outlines, frames for faces,

65 bucks a pop!

Expensive. But this boardwalk is a long one.

I pick places.

Leaves?

Seasons?

Words etched in stone?

Wood?

Steel?

All the while working, working.

Pressure to be better,

be happy,

be me,

pressure to do more,

to be more,

and all the while working. Guilty

because I know I could work harder,

and be happier.

Do more.

I could cover more ground,

jump through more gilded hoops,

be better,

do more,

be me-er.

Ideas stuck on frail words

clamouring to speak out

above the clamor.

Distilling self

into neat columns,

busy with intricacy.

From a fermenting mess:

fine spirit.

Then I wait,

as a man in Massachusetts thumbs through reams of dreams.

from istock.com

From Boarding Student to Day

pikachu04Leave a comment

Heading into my 11th year at OVS, also my senior year, i have been facing several changes in my life. I have realized that in order for me to transition from high school into college, there were a few things that I needed to change.

I have been a boarding student since 4th grade, thus making this my 9th year living in the dorms. I decided to become a day student myself and organized all of the pieces to fall into place. My aunt approved me as long as the money could be refunded toward my second semester which it was.

I moved my things out of the dorms only a few short weeks ago and moved back into my room at home. It is nice to live with my family for once. I drive myself in my mom’s sweet Honda Element to school each day from and back to Oak View.

Becoming a day student has given me a new found sense of independence and responsibility. I am very happy with my decision to become a day student, it has given me the space that I needed.