Today it’s about the paper
The one that defines her
A four-year trek has ended
She stood there in victory
A sense of surreal for the witnessing father
His thoughts rewind her movie
Breaths equaling years
The present melts away
That entering cry foretold her first year
Sleep deprivation was Katie’s specialty
A parental embrace soothed her
She was a dynamo in diapers
Then he stood in her third grade
Her eyes created dreams on paper
Red crayon houses on a blue pencil boulevard
They hang by his desk even today
Locker times arrive
Discovering a sense of self at sixteen
Initial kiss, first heartbreak
If only she would recall how great those times were
Now, they’ve both arrived here
He had blinked and she was a woman
Birth certificate to college diploma
Just papers that defined her
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September Writing Prompt-Blue Pencil Boulevard-Day 10/30
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