But graduation seemed a new beginning:

A different major to enrich my mind,

Fresh challenges and contests for the winning,

A one-bedroom apartment (hard to find).

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Ah! Living on my own, my shy moon waxed,

While self-esteem soon waned, a fleeting dream.

W…

It hasn't been so easy, shifting from

Our college days, our ev'ry hour together,

And sharing all our thoughts; to then become

A lone alumnus, sister without brother

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Like Wordsworth, stranded in a city German,

I was adrift, in hostile land, alone.

Beset …

There's no one else who's helped me know my self,

My heart, without dissembling or disguise.

You showed me how; I put fears on the shelf,

And viewed myself with sympathetic eyes.

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That was a boon beyond all former gifts!

I'd never guessed that I'd had …