First Year At School

• John Abiad, Grade 8, Whitefriars College
• Poetry
• 2016

Excellence Award in the 'Word Zone 2016' competition

Your first year of school is the very best. You do not know what lurks around every corner, or every decision.
You don’t know what to bring and when to bring it. You do not know anyone or anything about this place.
All you know is yourself. You know who you are and where you are from. You cannot change yourself within the first days of school.
A person tries to befriend you. You cannot say no.
It is too late to back out, it is too late to go.
You cannot run and hide, as you will be noticed.
Once you know who you are, you will begin to enjoy yourself.
You can learn what to do and when to do it.
You know what happens and when.
You know what to bring and when to bring it.
You know where you are and where to go.
And you know who you are.