The one word that still makes people shudder
Four years of your life that you will never get back
The time when you can finally break away
From the chains that bind you down
Or to continue hiding in the burrow you have made yourself

The living years of every teenager
Where they can either be themselves
Or follow exactly what everyone else is doing
The time when everything changes

Friendships begin to unfold, blossom
While other you thought you knew
Stab you in the back
Enemies conjuring up great misfortune for one another
There is no more trust between anyone anymore

Except for your friends
Those who will always be by your side
Even when you don’t want them to be
They are there for the better and worse

Your heart goes through its stages as well
Through heartbreaks and mending
The journey that readies you for what the real world will bring
But are still some of the hardest to go through
Through the years what you will learn will stay
Your strong friendships will grow
All the way until the last of your days