graduation no-show

nah I never went to my graduation

-a year passed-

and I sort of lacked the imagination

to be able to see it

actually see it

for I very nearly didn't 

graduate
barely made it through

-ever-late-

yeah, screwed over

maybe I deserved it

shrugged it off either way, 

using that same wry wit

yeah nah I didn't go to my graduation

I had yet to reach maturation

I'd yet to give up the separation

kind of just left, yeah I left, 

via the fire exit, age sixteen

I headed to the park and set my un-pristine

uniform on fire

man, sometimes I tire

of living in re-runs of the past

but I completed the task 

I burned it, yeah I burned it

and I shouted then

'free at last, free at last 

thank god almighty we're free at last'

but nah, the freedom it didn't last

yeah nah, the freedom didn't last

-graduation, no-show-

yeah, I didn't go
yeah, I still don't know
much about that