Long-distance taxi ride to Leeds

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My ancestral home

deposit daughter in halls

on to my cousin’s

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Drop off

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Bitter-sweet feeling

great pride laced with emptiness

no time to look back

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The first day…

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Tears before bedtime

leaving home is difficult

University

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Morning drag

 

Lethargic students

trudge their way to lecture halls

nursing excesses.

 

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First years

 

Intoxicated

with life and a new purpose

young students gather

fresh-faced and full of promise

as I was once long ago.

 

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Graduate

 

What future for the

lad in the white linen suit

and fur collared gown?

 

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  • Inspired by a lovely post from Southamptonoldlady which really resonated for me. Lots of graduation ceremonies in Bristol at the moment and each one fills me with hope for the future and reminds me of how I felt on my own graduation.

Graduation

 

Happy happy day,

mums and dads brimming with pride;

mortar boards and gowns.

 

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