High school students across the country will begin celebrating commencement in May. It may be just a few steps across the stage to receive their diploma, but it’s a great leap into the days that come. And then comes the aloneness of space for the parents left behind.
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Graduation Blast-Off – by Don Mathis
Back before you were around,
I watched you on the sonogram
and felt like I was on the countdown
to the launch of a space program.
A newborn’s milestones come fast,
first teeth are not meant to last.
Like a controlled explosion, we had a blast.
Before you know it, those days are past.
A toddler is often terrible or tender.
Though memory fades, I still remember
of what it was like before kinder,
when days, like a rocket, moved in a blur.
Elementary days flew by much too quick,
new hobbies, new interests, take your pick,
from the earth-bound to the galactic.
The time comes soon to leave our orbit.
Middle school is that time in between
the play of the youth and the toil of the teen.
Escape velocity will soon be seen
as you travel to your own dream.
Now high school’s end is drawing near
and you’ll depart from our atmosphere.
So as you leave the stratosphere,
think of us earthlings who live back here.
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