I reflected on the changes that are coming and looming, which make me emotional.
Change is coming.
I can see it
when I look out the window.
The white blanket is receding,
making way for the grass
to take over
with its green carpet.
Change is looming.
It constantly reminds me
with snail mail and emails
that my daughter is leaving.
It beckons her
to make a new home
far away from me
in South Carolina or Tennessee.
Change is emotional.
I can feel it in my heart.
Students are coming back
after a year of remote or hybrid learning.
It is exciting, scary, foreign -
as it has been so long
since we have seen all of them
every day in the classroom.
Change is coming
way too quickly.
Change is looming,
pulling at my heartstrings.
Change is uneasy,
but it is essential for progress.
I am excited to be participating in the Two Writing Teachers March Slice of Life Challenge.
Spring is such a season of change in our field of work. You captured the mixed feelings well...I suspect we will be reading more about your daughter's college journey and how yours will be different, too.
ReplyDeleteI love how each line gives change a different characteristic - and they are all so true. Change is never easy but so necessary.
ReplyDeleteYour photo is so appropriate, almost mournful! "Change is looming,
ReplyDeletepulling at my heartstrings." I know life is one transition after another, but when your child goes AWAY for college, that is particularly painful, I think. (My middle guy did this.) Best of luck with kids coming back into school! So many transitions.
Change is hard and I like how you express this in your poem. Good Luck with all the changes - although hard it can also bring good things.
ReplyDeleteChange is incredibly bittersweet. I love how you have formatted this poem. When I left for college, it was so hard to leave my mom. BUT I called her allll the time. For everything. Sending you strength and light, Heather!
ReplyDeleteAll true. Change is necessary but almost never easy. Even when we are excited about the outcomes, the accomplishments, the unknowns--it is always hard.
ReplyDeleteThis captures the fears of so many. I wonder if change is so hard because we fear the unknown of what is on the other side of it. My daughter left many times, but is made us closer than ever, it was hard to know that in the moment.
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