Five years of my life that felt more like thirty,
Five years of my life that I won’t get back,
All the long and tiring days that we spent on this,
The minor victories but the successes we lacked.
When I was eighteen I felt like a failure,
Eighteen years old and my path wasn’t clear,
Every day has been a struggle since then,
But it doesn’t matter as much when you persevere.
Now I’m almost 23 and breaking the statistic,
Of people graduating from ages twenty-one to twenty-two,
Five years of my life could’ve felt like a lifetime,
But it’s been better since I’ve met you.
Twenty years old when I saw you in that hallway,
Twenty years old with three more years till now,
You still believe that I am absolutely amazing,
Every day I look at you and wonder how.
Yesterday you looked at me and said “can you see the light?”
I smiled and said “almost” but I knew,
It didn’t matter if every day was painful or difficult,
Because the light is shining more when I’m with you.
