The Bracelet

I am a BAD BLOGGER! I haven't written at all this week. I have been procrastinating so bad lately and haven't even started researching things for my huge senior paper. The draft is due November 6th - YIKES! I also have a Community Nursing test on Monday and a OB Test on Wednesday plus I have a huge debate on the Affordable Care Act due in 2 weeks. Just writing about it is making me stressed.
I also heard back about the Vanderbilt Nurse Residency Program application. I didn't get an interview. I'm not too bummed though, only because it was a long shot in the first place to get a position plus rent is expensive in the area around Vanderbilt and a 2 year commitment is a long time to be away from home for me. I'll be just as satisfied if I get a position at Mayo Clinic. Speaking of, we can start applying for jobs next week. More stress!

Now that all of that is off my chest, I will leave you with a poem I wrote for the Bennington Youth Writer's Scholarship back during my senior year in high school. It's called The Bracelet (and, yes, it is inspired by Nathan & Haley from One Tree Hill. I was still am obsessed.

I accept you as you are

The facades, walls, and foolproof lies

You present me with

A bracelet

Colorful, beaded, and from a box

No thought or meaning intended

Because it was only

A bracelet

I take it, unwillingly

Only because you insist

"Don't say i never gave you anything" but

The bracelet

Time goes by

You change your ways

But one thing that stays the same is

The bracelet

We fall in love

Oblivious to all

Marriage comes and I still have

The bracelet

Troubled paths straight ahead

White lies, long nights, crushed dreams

All while wearing

The bracelet

I leave and you don't follow

You think it may be over

But love is always and forever when I wear

The bracelet

I come back to you

Like we both knew I would

You see my wrist and on it is

The bracelet

We fall in love all over again

Renewed vows and wedding rings

But most of all

The bracelet

I slip it off and give it back to you

"Don't say i never gave you anything"

But you knew I'd given you more than just

The bracelet

Tragedy strikes

Like it always seems to do

You slip away and so does

The bracelet

Lost forever

(or so we think)

Floating through the water is

The bracelet

You go to that spot

The one that holds so much emotion

I come to you and you again give me

The bracelet

Colorful, beaded, and from a box

No thought or meaning intended

And now it is more than just

A bracelet