A Loop of Joy and Adventure

A breath of warmth                      

A whisper of heat

And a dozens of golden leaves,

Filling the fall in IUJ

Hundreds of hopes flowed in,

Hundreds of love left behind, 

Hundreds of students gathered,

To learn, to strive and to grow.

The ringing of the bell

Startled everyone with excitement.

Nervousness swelled with,

The intensity of the classes

Golden turned into Snow White

For months to stay,

Stealing the color,

And sealing our smiles.

Echoes of loneliness crept in, 

Through the barricaded corridors.

A step outside,

Felt like miles away.

Blossoms of Sakura

Whisked away the stillness,

Awaked the laughter 

Long buried deep within.

A painting of pinks and whites                     

A walk along the cherry lane

Turned into a runway,

For the vibrant costumes and the shining smiles.     

We laughed until the heat returned

With beads of sweat upon our skin 

And shades of green upon the earth

For it was the summer again.

Soaked away the heat

With bites of watermelon,

The jumps into the waterfall,

And escapes into rooms of cool air.

An end of a loop

Round of Adventure

Yet to be unfolded again,

With the new and the old.