My New Home

My new home
away from home
for the next few months
is a dorm
on a campus
in a state
three and a half
-four if you count traffic-
hours away from home

Daily self screening
weekly testing
always wearing a mask
constantly washing hands
using hand sanitizer
and staying six feet apart

This is not
‘The freshman experience’
I thought it would be
I should have known
with the way my senior year ended

New faces
new friends
new professors
new protocols
new world

I’m physically exhausted
make that mentally too
but here I am
on an adventure
trying not to completely freak out
about COVID
about social interactions
my grades
my work study job
about life

My new home
away from home
is intimidating
and makes my anxiety go crazy
but at least I’m here
living a life I’ve been waiting for
ever since I stepped foot on this campus


For the next few months
I may be in a dorm
on a campus
in a state
three and a half
-four if you count traffic-
hours away from home

but its my new home