The further in life I get, the scarier it becomes.

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Akasha Gant, Arts Contributor

The further in life I get, the scarier it becomes.

By Akasha Gant 

The further in life I get, the scarier it becomes. 

Sometimes I forget That every person grows up

I forget that you can’t be forever young. 

 

That I can’t be forever young. 

I forget after the years in high school

I’m going to have to become independent 

Live life on my own.

 

I’m going to have to get a job, to pay bills 

buy food to put on the table.

 

For no longer am I little and depend on my mother. 

I’ll have to see the world and experience it with my own two eyes. 

I’m going to experience love. 

Heartbreak, and betrayal.

 

But at the same time it’s not possible to imagine any of this coming true. 

So I can’t think so far into my future. 

Even when I try, all I see are blank spaces. 

It scares me.
But also enlightens me to only live in the present,

for that is the only thing promised.