Success Ticket

by Dailyn Marquez, Class of 2025

With tests and tides rising and it’s full knowledge ahead

Breaktime, playtime

Okay, time

To perfect my perfect work and

I have all the expertise in the world

Unending happiness, the best of everything

Satisfaction, euphoria (at least a sense of it)

With that one-way success ticket

All aboard for that opportunity of true understanding where I will know that I was truly ready for what was to come, for when I move forward I will achieve great success just to blend in with the other geniuses.