The Bachelor's Degree

Sunday is for selection

Many will experience rejection

Being set free

To finish their degree

Headed back to higher education classes

Podium lectures attended by the masses

Where the professor may not know names

Officiating their academic games

Filled with credit hours

Testing life’s budgeting time priority power

While watering the blooming knowledgeable flower

As for the lucky who advance

In a corporate sponsored spectacle marketed as “The Big Dance”

Earning more points on the hardwood

Acknowledges who is entertaining and good

Bringing tempting fame

Proclaiming a brand-new name

After completing the hoopla game

Are things the same?

When the entourage appear

Business like from those who cheer

Using round wheels

Making the deals

Boasting scoring and steals

Not forgetting buckets made

Confirming the credible blue-chip grade

But are these students free?

Deciding on their own ‘is this good for me?’

Reflect upon that question

And benefit from the debatable lesson

When walking across the stage

Sporting a youthful age

Contemplating who will end up with a respectable wage

An athlete doing physical work,

Or the cubicle assistant not blowing their cork?

Who at five?

Feeling alive

Enjoys the daily happy hour

And discounted appetizers sweet and sour

Watching the professional star

Performing on the television at the bar

Free to go home

To plan the next day answering the phone

Climbing the career ladder

Always wondering “what’s the matter?”

As the basket’s string is cut down

And the champions are deemed toast of their collegiate town

It will be time to wear the cap and gown

Marching to the graduation sound

Adult freedom soon to be abound

During this one shining moment defining success

Passing the four-year bachelor’s test

That opens the door to other competitions to be the best

Nurturing a mature mind

Strengthening independent decision-making skills hard to deny

When judging taking a two or a three

It is the honest bachelorette or bachelor who is free

Putting on their wall a University degree