In your Twelfth grade year, you will see,
There are many decisions, for you and me,
To continue school, or to join the service, to find a job,
Boy, are you nervous,
To stay at the lake all summer long, having parties and singing songs,
The end of this year, a time of joy, a time of decision, for each girl and boy,
A time for hello's
A time for good-byes, a time to leave school and go outside, to live your life the best you can,
to grow from a boy into a man.
Gene W. Jernigan
Thanks for taking the time to share Gene's poetry.
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