The Young Adult

Young and free
To explore our horizons
Afraid of missing the action
Of losing that spark of curiosity
And excitement that we are able to
Conjure or find in anything
Escaping responsibility
Yet taking the bull by the horns
When we realize the inevitable
Accepting our place
Letting go of the youthful past
And we either build our own future
With steady goals of progress
With a dream or great motivation behind it all
Or become society’s self-fulfilling prophecies

By: Amara Van Orden

“When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth.” -Sara Teasdale

“Many people use their youth to make their old age miserable.” - Unknown

“Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.” -Oscar Wilde