I APPLIED.

I Applied

I applied at a college in New Hampshire

and was given a full scholarship.

My mom didn't want me to leave.

As I was packing, she told me about mules-

how they lived, what they did with their

downtime once school let out.

I didn't want to hear it but she kept talking.

She talked as if she couldn't stop,

then she broke into tears and hugged me,

hugged me close and whispered it was

the best thing for me, to venture out

into the unknown, to do things for

myself. She collected herself and left me

to do the packing on my own,

then on the day I was ready to go off to college,

everyone stood on the stoop to wave me goodbye,

not forever, just goodbye, as I start on my

journey towards adulthood, and boy

what an adulthood it was going to be.