Posted by Sodredge on September 19, 2004 at 07:30:48:
Freshman ?
The normally long ride is over in a few seconds, much too soon,
And I stop, afraid, before entering.
But I am swept up in the endless stream
Of the cold, unfriendly bodies walking by.
Fearfully, I clutch my creased map and schedule
And frantically, hopelessly, search the sea of nameless faces
For one, just one, that is familiar.
Countless obscenities bounce off the walls
Piercing my skin and bruising my sheltered ears.
One thousand pairs of eyes stare unkindly
As I stumble to my seat
And one thousand voices echo heartlessly,
“Who are you? Where did you come from? Why are you here?”
As one thousand self-secure minds mentally size me up,
Put me in a labeled box and toss the box on a dusty shelf,
Never to be bothered with again.
Eternities crawl by painfully
And I am finally released to go home,
Where I cry a million tears.
- Meg