New School

By forest_for_ever

Mon, 12 Nov 2018
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New School, Big School

 

Trembling, treading soft

Tiny, shy and over-awed

Through the cavernous

Cathedral of learning

Goggle-eyed with fear

Tippy-toed and hesitant

Into an adult world.

 

Fading fast are

The fireside stories

Of innocent infancy

Misty eyed and  soft remembered

Miss’s soothing charm

Is balm no more.

A brave new world to try.

 

The chicks that hatched

Eleven years ago

Must leap in faith

Or fail to fly.

No time to pause,

The race is on

In an instant five years gone.

Certificate U
Poem
Poems About People
Philosophy

Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

You've caught that feeling! Tiny, shy and over-awed Through the cavernous Cathedral of learning

I think many don't 'leap' of 'fly', but head down, gritting teeth or stiff upper lip and persevere until things get a bit more famiiar! Rhiannon

 

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

This is lovely, so tender and full of promise.

Submitted by forest_for_ever on

Thank you. Coming from such  a good writer that means a lot to me.