Next May - original poem by me (Shiying) #poetry #highschool

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]Maybe I'm just sentimental and nostalgic, a clear sign of me growing old. This time I'm tearing up though because this time I see the face of someone who's been through this last time. I see the face of someone who's been through this the time before that.

[00:00:15]Because this time I see the faces of people in front of me who are going through this right now.

[00:00:22]And I know that next May it'll be my turn.

[00:00:25]My turn to graduate. My turn to laugh while my underclassmen run towards me almost crying while totally fretting and freaking out two whole weeks before I officially graduate.

[00:00:37]Deja vu. Time has already flew. Right now it feels like we're in the after of happily ever after where once upon a time was a tale that began so long ago.

[00:00:49]This is a tale played back again and again in this school and every other high school in the land. Walking through these halls brings back so much precious memory. Walking by and saying hi to friends I've never met before high school.

[00:01:05]Sparking by and seeing memories of the past being played back. Knowing perfectly well that next May some of the people within these memories would have left already for new memories with new people that they will soon meet.

[00:01:22]That next May new memories will be made in these exact same places by different students, different friends. Then the next Mays to come new stories will form and we won't be the only ones to remember this school.