Leaving

Last Friday night football game,

last attempts at trying to be okay.

Last time I take a high school exam,

last time I can pretend to give a damn.

I've wanted this to be over for years,

why am I waist deep in my tears?

I've wanted to leave this all behind,

so why am I trying my best to rewind?

Leaving home,

leaving soon,

and leaving for good now.

I don't know if I'll see you again,

but I hope I do.

This is the moment I've waited for,

the moment I walk out the door.

I'll leave it all behind,

but it'll always be the greatest memory

in my mind.

Screaming victory at the top of my lungs,

knowing I'll never do it again.

Last time I get out of breath,

walking up a thousand stairs.

Last time I sit in my car judging everyone's parking,

knowing I couldn't do it any better.

Last mandatory class meeting,

that could've been an email,

they all could've been emails.

Leaving home,

leaving soon,

and leaving for good now.

I don't know if I'll see you again,

but I hope I do.

This is the moment I've waited for,

the moment I walk out the door.

I'll leave it all behind,

but it'll always be the greatest memory

in my mind.

Bonfire skit nights,

planting our flag in the city lights.

Scrubbing egg of my car during rivalry week.

Trying on our cap and gown for the first time,

wearing it this young feels like a crime.

Baby faces,

holding aces,

voting with braces,

shouldn't be allowed.

Yet it is.

Leaving home,

leaving soon,

and leaving for good now.

I don't know if I'll see you again,

but I hope I do.

This is the moment I've waited for,

the moment I walk out the door.

I'll leave it all behind,

but it'll always be the greatest memory

in my mind.

I'm leaving home,

leaving soon,

leaving now.