leave - Schüleraustausch Gedicht

A year will pass and we will stand on the brink of
returnig to a world where we are
surrounded by the paradox where everything and yet
nothing is the same. In one month
we will reluctantly give our hugs and, fighting the
tears, say good bye to people who were
just names on a sheet of paper to return to people
that we hugged and fought tears to
say good bye before we ever left. We will leave our
best friends to return to our best
friends.

We will go back to the places we came from and go back
to the same things we did last
summer and every summer before. We will come into town
on that same familiar road and
even though it has been months it will seem like only
yesterday. As you walk into your old
bedroom, every emotion will pass through you as you
reflect on the way your life has
changed and the person you have become. You suddenly
realize that the things u hold
highest now no one at home will completely understand.

Who will u call first?

What will u do your first weekend home with your
friends?

Where are u going to work?

Who will be at the party saturday night?

What has everyone been up to in the past few months?

Who from school will u keep in touch with?

How long before u actually start missing people
barging in without calling or knocking?

Then u start realizing how much things have changed
and u realize the hardest part of
being an exchange student is balancing the two
completely different worlds you now
livin, trying desperately to hold on to everything
all the while trying to figure out what u
have to leave behind. We now know the meaning of true
friendship. We know whom we
have kept in touch with over the past year and whom we
hold dearest to our hearts.
We´ve left our worlds to death with the real world.
We´ve had our hearts broken, we´ve
fallen in love and we´ve helped our best friens
overcome eating disorders, depression,
stress and death. We´ve lit candles at the grotto and
we´ve stayed up all night on the
phone just to talk to a friend in need. There have
been times when you´ve felt so helpless
being hours away from home when we know our families
or friends needed us the most
and there are times when we know we have made a
difference.