Climb the Mountain
Each of us must climb our separate mountain
To reach at last our own extended view.
We can be no more than what we are,
Yet that is quite enough for us to do.
The world is far too great for comprehension,
And so we only know what we can know.
But given the abilities we’re given,
That’s still a long and weary way to go.
Yet on the way, how beautiful the moments!
How good it feels to have some skill or art!
How wonderful to pause in awestruck wonder
At what must fill the unsuspecting heart! And so we’re proud of each of you today
For all you’ve learned, and all you’ve tried to learn.
Knowledge brings the deepest satisfaction,
Not least because it’s something that you earn. Couldn’ve done it without me
I made it
The light is coming out and storm clouds have gone
These 4 years have lasted to long
Graduation cap and gown shining bright
Looking for a Colgate smile that give off light
Seems like yesterday I was just 2 cool 4 preschool
Now today my life is about to change that not so cool
But I’m me I can handle anything that comes my way
When some of friends began to stray
My body took care of me
They stop forming tears and removed all bad thoughts for free
Never would’ve made it without me
That was the end of my graduation speech
Everyone stood up was clapping and telling me to preach Friends in High School
Friends in high school are forever young.
Unchanged, they’re where you always will belong.
The crowd is never gone, the pleasure stays,
The music of the moment always plays,
The time remains a field of wistful grace
To which you may return from anyplace.
Of course, you may still know them later on
When you are someone else and years have run;
And you may love them dearly, and they you,
But time must make their friendship something new.
Meanwhile, flourishing within your heart
There is a whole, of which you were a part:
A group of friends, one in love and pain,
In whom your longing comes alive again. Give Me This Moment
Give me just this moment, please, forever.
Replicate it for me on demand.
As I flow unceasingly downriver,
Do not make me leave this day behind.
Understand my bittersweet confusion
As graduation crystallizes youth,
Tallying my treasures with precision,
Illuminating wistfully my wealth.
Out of all my moments pluck this one,
Nor let me lose its grace until I’m gone. Give Me My Degree
Give me my degree and let me go!
Release me from this prison of the mind!
All I know is all I want to know,
Depending on the wisdom of the wind.
Unburden me of words and numbers, please!
Allow me to hang out and do my thing.
To learn best, I should best be at my ease,
In touch with what in life makes my heart sing.
Open up the world so I can see
No further than I need to be just me.