On Graduation

Though tears do

fill the distance

placed between us,

all,

and though they

do run as quickly

as they can to

keep pace with

the heave of our

breath;

they still do reflect

the light from the

future waiting for us,

all.

And so, I do rejoice

that the only space

between us,

my friends,

is that made with

watery praise;

for they do pass back

the brightness of

the days that lay

ahead,

guiding us to the

lives waiting

to be led.