Graduation!

So I finally graduated this evening and it was a touching and emotional evening. I shall remember this for ages to come, but I read somewhere that 'do not cry it is over, but be happy that it happened', so I pondered and wrote a little something...

Should I cry that it is all but finally over?

Or should I rejoice that it happened and I did it?

The one question that I really have on my mind, right now…

They often said graduation is one of the happiest days,

I don’t understand how can you say bye and be happy?

How can an end be the best part of the journey?

I really asked myself this evening as I sat waiting to be called upon,

Do I really want this journey to end?

The answer frightened me as much as it was an honest one,

And that the answer to the question was a clear no,

That I did not want to part away from all these people,

That I never felt like saying good bye to the life I have lived this past year,

So the question my heart is pondering upon this wonderful cold evening is,

Should I cry that it is all but finally over?

Or should I rejoice that it happened and I did it?

I came with nothing at all but myself to give and I leave with all these people,

I leave with their beliefs, their thoughts, their jokes, their dialogues, their poses,

The next time I shall be elsewhere, I will probably give the ‘_’ pose of someone,

And much as I shall smile in the photo, my heart shall weep of the memory it brings with it,

As a photographer, I can take photos and capture the moment forever in time,

But I can’t bring the moment back and that; that is a painful fact,

The fact that this time will not come back, nor will the one that passed by,

So with all the happiness and achievement this evening, I ask myself,

Should I cry that it is all but finally over?

Or should I rejoice that it happened and I did it?

I can cry that it is over, or smile that it happened, does not matter,

Because it is over; the time has gone and what I do now is less relevant,

So either ways won’t matter; but one thing I am very sure about is;

That I am going to miss every moment and I really mean every moment,

From the house parties to the lectures to the trips to the programs and events,

The photos I took to the ones I was in, the strangers that became friends,

The dude who turned out to be a brother from another mother and a ‘selfie’ partner,

To the one who couldn’t make it for the ceremony yet was a major part of the journey,

Every moment shall be missed of the journey which sadly had to end, today!!!

Peace!

Cheers!

Champ!