Graduation

By: Margot Newcomer

Standing on this stage, my life flashing before

My eyes, I remember a time of Youthful

Bliss where the impossible was possible.



Singing sweet melodies to Snow White and

The Wicked Witch, six with fans hanging

On to my every Judy Garland high note.



Caesar of the chlorinated battlefield at ten,

Standing ten feet tall, feeling I was the next

All-American Wheaties’ Box golden girl.



President of the UN while representing

New Zealand at thirteen, realizing that

Night dreams would be my reality.



But here I stand eighteen years small,

With only one piece of wisdom gained,

Realizing the possible is impossible.