all those who leave

As I see a lot of my classmates leave for college I have come to expect that some of them won't ever return...not fully at least.

What I mean is that these kids who are leaving will be returning as different people, well some of them at least. Some of the "low lifes" will grow up, some of them will crumble under all their new found freedoms, and maybe some of them will prosper. Only time will tell. At the same time some of the stellar students will crack under pressure, some will fall into the wrong crowd, and again, some will prosper.

Some of these kids I've come to know will move on and return as different people...and a lot of them will always be the same. Some will return as the overachievers they left as. Some will return as the scoundrels I always thought they'd be.

My friends are all leaving too, and I hope they return just the way they're leaving. I hope that time and distance doesn't force us apart. I hope that our inside jokes remain funny after time away. I hope that they don't replace me in their lives.

Time and distance apart are difficult things to understand. Just like a lot can happen in a week, a lot can happen when you're hundreds of miles away. I'm not scared of it, just wary.

What I know for certain is that life has to go on. We all have to go our separate ways. When the 25th rolls around I will have nothing left here. The next chapter of my life is upon me and to sit around and think life will be the same as it was would be daft.

I know what's left for me here. 

I also know that there's a hell of a lot more waiting for me in New York.

NP: One More Night- Maroon 5