The End is Just the Beginning of a New Chapter

A poem for the graduating class of 2022! Congratulations on finishing this chapter of your lives! Now on to the next!

Kailee Sabangan

A poem for the graduating class of 2022! Congratulations on finishing this chapter of your lives! Now on to the next!

We say goodbye and say hello
We remember the good old days
The ones whose names you’ve written in your story
The lives who’ve touched your heart
The climax of the plot of our stories
turning into lessons from the past
As we come to the denouement

Is this the end? Or is this only the beginning?
As all good books written by the most renowned authors have in common
They all come to an end
Whether it’s a good ending or a bad ending
The end is the end
The end of our high school careers
The end of childhood and teenagerhood
However we continue to take the lessons we’ve learned from these years
We use these stories as experiences to look back on
Whether it brings a laugh and smile
Or a tear or two
We close that book and begin a new chapter in our lives

To new beginnings, to new experiences
To new adventures, new loves, new self
To newfound freedoms and commitments
To new dreams and goals
We say goodbye and say hello
To new chapters…