Westminster College Poem (College Poetry)

*Westminster College*

They held hands at the top of the mountain, with the snow tucked beneath their feet.
Before he let go, he looked at her with a smile, and said,
“I’ll see you down there.”
Then they raced, not unlike their hearts.
Those words were shared between the couple for a lifetime,
the last time
Was three years ago, when once again, they braced to let go.
As he prepared to leave for Westminster, and she had to go away to Alton for a year,
He kissed her hand one last time, and told her,
“Don’t worry. I’ll see you down there.”
And he did, when she, too, enrolled and began attending the school…but it isn’t until
Kiss the Griffin night,
That she officially became a Griffin.
After graduation, they went on to wed and start a family.
One day, as they both unwound from a day’s work, they shared a night of ease and leisure like the ones they shared in Stock Hall. He told her he would go join the kids and begin prepping dinner. She then told him before he took off,
“OK, I’ll see you down there.”
He paused and glanced at her before taking down the stairs,

And they laughed happily ever after.

From Alma Mater Vol. 3: The West
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