don your cap

and your gown

smile once

do not frown

you have but ten seconds

to walk across that stage

ten seconds of glory

write it on a page

that you stood and walked

and smiled and preened

the completion of four years

over in ten seconds

ten seconds to commemorate

all your hard work

isn't it too late

too little

better celebrate earlier than not at all

for you may find yourself in a fall

spiraling down and down

all for what?

that ten seconds

of miserable glory

but i am proud

of those ten seconds

they scream loud

and are heard around

they show i am accomplished

but it's not enough

for all that i

that you

went through

four years

and ten seconds

gone

in a

flash