Life

"Life isn't about finding yourself.

Life is about creating yourself."

Said the big chalkboard on the wall

In that gym lined with red mats

And chairs and chairs and chairs

I'll never forget

I'll never change my profile picture of me and you in our concert attire in that place,

Waiting for our cue to begin

My life's mission

I'll never forget

And I will never change that picture

Because it is a reminder

Constantly

If I forget myself

If I lose her

That I

Am

That

Girl

Forever and always.

"Life isn't about finding yourself.

Life is about creating yourself."

Funny

That I really did

Create myself

Couldn't find me

Because I didn't exist until I went there

I was just a tumbleweed in a sandstorm

Latching onto anyone I could find

Even if they held no significance to me

I created myself that day

Though I didn't notice until it was over.

"Life isn't about finding yourself.

Life is about creating yourself."

One of the many things I learned

Along with proper sforzandos

And rhythmic silences

And I remember the box of bow ties

And how we helped our conductor picked one

I have never felt so close to strangers

In my entire life.

That's how I know this is me.

And I wonder

Will I ever stop writing about that day?