Soumya, 12A

The railing extended,

Cold and lifeless,

In front of me lay,

My uncertain future.

I looked up,

As chatters burst,

Students filled the stairs,

The stairs I had to take.

It looked easy to walk,

Walk up this new phase,

It looked easy for them,

The ones dressed the same.

I heard a voice,

“Are you new?” It asked.

I nodded in reply,

A smile was shared.

It led me up,

Emptied my nervousness,

Filled me with curiosity,

And I knew this was the place.

Every day the railing extends,

It guides me up,

In front of me lies,

A path I’m proud to take.

I race up the stairs,

Curiosity bursts in my mind,

I try to be that voice

The voice that never left me behind.

If it hadn’t been that voice,

I wouldn’t have trotted up,

Wouldn’t have discovered,

Wouldn’t have seen me.

It would be lost,

Lost in the chaotic noise,

But it echoes in my mind,

Loud and clear every single day.

I still look up these stairs but,

Through glistening, not doubtful, eyes.