Friday, July 30, 2010

A haiku a day keeps Byron sane. Sort of.

I’m going back

September Nineteenth
On my way to Northwestern
Bye Asia, Cali

This is my last night in California.  After I get back to school, I’ll be a third year student.  Halfway done with college.  God that’s scary.

It’s quite strange, thinking that this is going to be the third time that I packed lots of stuff to go back to school, in preparation for the next round of classes to start.  Stressing about all the things that need to be done, always feeling like something was forgotten.

Every time, it feels so sad, strange to be leaving my California home, that I am going off again for several more months, living not necessarily alone, but more independently.  I never really want to leave home, and yet at the same time, don’t really want to stay.

It’s like an inexorable draw, a pull back.  I know I need to go to school, and I love being there.  But I know that once I set foot on campus, I need to go get my stuff and move in, do president-y duties and figure out my major and talk to advisors and take placement tests.  The whirlwind picks me up and just kind of flings me around.

But I love it, I guess.  It’s where I can really let loose and be me.  Do what I want.  Live good.

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