4 Years

[TheThing]

*Note* This is still a pseudo work-in-progress. I'm still playing around with the wording, but I figure I'll share it now and see how it's received.

The idea was conceived in the emotionally reflective times of high school graduation. Although it's a "graduation" poem, it can really be applied to any time you took a reflective look on life. But enough talk, let's poem.

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4 Years

4 years is a long time.
4 years is a short time.
4 years is dreams, is aspirations, is wishes.
4 years is depression, is avoided opportunities, is wayward paths.

4 years can make you.
4 years can misguide you.
4 years can build you.
4 years can bring you down.

4 years will be remembered.
4 years will be purged from the mind.
4 years will be a life.
4 years will be a death.

4 years has been in us,
And now you have to decide if
4 years is how your life will be, or
4 years is how your life won't be.