SORROW

As I think of all the time and years invested into this college, I think of how sad all must be. When I think of the obstacles and triumphs, I think of how sad all must be. When I imagine the tears and the smiles locked up in people's memories, I think of how sad all must be. When I think of the sign off the 405 freeway and the day it is taken down, I think of how sad all must be. I picture the hope given to so many, the joy so many shared, the exchange of hoplesness for a promising future, I think of how sad all must be. I look at the faces of those finishing and those beginning and I see how sad all must be. Brooks may be gone, but not forgotten. I refuse to bury who I've become or what I have discovered about myself because of a business decision that was made. This decision cannot dictate who I am, or for that matter what I am to become!! To all of those who have invested time and effort into my life, who have taken the time to inspire and influence, for all of those who have taken a moment from their personal time to make sure that I am on the right track, I not only thank you, but I refuse to be meteocre or stay as I am today. I will triumph and sacrifice just as they have, and although Brooks will physically no longer exist, it will always stay alive in me and through me!!