Poem: Graduation

Graduation

The average person gets 432 haircuts in their lifetime

For you I wonder- too many, or not enough

Regardless, you will not like most of them

Every seven years your skin is completely renewed

From scalp to toes, a new birthday suit is knitted

You will use at least 150 toothbrushes

from baby teeth to wisdoms,

and swallow just as many spiders

or so the legend goes…

How many haircuts until you find yourself

How much skin must be shed before

it’s thick enough to stand up in battle

How many spiders swallowed

before humility stains the lips

Your eyes will know the answers.

That day your heart will ring

As bells echo in your mind’s

cavernous landscape

We graduate many times, not just today.

Celebrate each one

Published by Shannon Laws

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2 thoughts on “Poem: Graduation”

Why does this one sound familiar? Great message for this time of year. I need a haircut!

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This is the final edit of an older poem. I dedicated it to my mother in my new poetry book releasing this week, “Odd Little Things”. Her life improved greatly after returning to school for a psychology degree in her 40's. We should all take a chance at doing what we love.

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