Monumental Changes

This day last year I was a school girl hating every single minute that passes because my precious summer vacation is slowly being taken away. Today I feel like I couldn't wait to go back to school. Too bad my life as a student is over. My life right now is a time bomb about to explode and eyes are all over the place, ready to watch me as I crash and burn. This day last year I was easily comforted of my first-school-day blues. Familiar faces and that one warm face that stood out eased my nerves. Today I think a hummingbird replaced the rhythm of my heartbeat. Everything is just going too fast for me to handle. This day last year it was all too easy. One small talk made my sun shine, made my stars twinkle, made the perfect two-part harmony. Today it's just another day. I can hear nothing but that supposed sweet echo of the past that haunts me even in my sleep. This day last year I watched a lovely scene. It was in slow motion, it was a work of art. I was shedding tears of joy. Today I wonder if I have reached the ending of that movie. I remember having reached the climax, but everything after that are just scattered pieces of memories that pierce through my heart. This day last year I was the happiest girl to welcome being nineteen years old. Surely I was nothing like a princess, but I truly felt like a queen. The whole universe compared to nothing to that single star that shines upon me. Today I dread the day that I turn twenty. I'm lost in a universe of strangers, and I feel like a slave to the dream that turned to a nightmare. This day last year, I was alive. Today I don't even know what I am.