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It kind of seems like this year has gone by fast. I can remember August pretty well, Christmas break is a clear-cut memory, Spring Break was just yesterday, and then….there we go: Graduation. But if I take the time to really think about this year, it was actually kind of slow. My mind is pretty good at camouflaging the length of time, or making it
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I always had this image in my head of how it would be at the end. I saw myself, alone, walking towards the doors at the end of the hall. The lights were off, the doors and lockers were all closed, and outside shone the afternoon sun. It was silent, and without even pausing, without one last look back, I opened the door and left the hallway behind.
That was something I always wanted to see. I realized a few weeks ago now that I missed my chance to do that, to do what I had seen in my mind for so many years. But then, when considering it tonight, I now know that though I did not physically act out what I had long imagined, I had still done what was pictured. I did walk down that hall, I did disappear into the sunlight.
The hallway may be empty, and the door may be closed, but now, I am outside.
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-Hannah
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