I Learned That

I forgot what it was like to be in high school

I forgot what it meant to cry

I forgot that pretending to be happy doesn’t make you happy

And that pretending to be smart doesn’t make you smart

I forgot that you can’t just forget the past

I forgot that you can’t control falling in love

And that you can’t make yourself fall in love

I learned that ii can love

I learned that good food doesn’t really seem great

Until you can’t have it anymore

I noticed that I get along better with my mom now than ever before

And that wasn’t because she changed, but because I changed

I learned that going to college means making choices

I learned that it was okay to mess up

And it’s okay to ask for help

And it’s okay to feel like crap

I learned that sometimes the things you want most, you just can’t have

I learned that the greatest thing about college aren’t the parties

Or the drinking

Or the hook-ups

It’s the chances

Taking the chances

And then making the most of them

I learned that sometimes the thing we want to forget it

The thing which we most need to talk about

I learned that once you get to college

Things don’t automatically get better

It’s what you make of them

I learned that letters from friends are the most important thing

And that sending cards to your friends makes you feel better

I learned that friendship can change and it’s ok for it to

Change and as long as you both accept these changes

You can still manger to be closer than ever

But, basically, just learned that my friends

Both old and new

Are the most important people to me in the world

And without them, I wouldn’t be who I am today

So this is a thank you to all of my friends

For always being there

And I love you