ORIENTATION

Most of them start out like this, the energy, the smiles, the shining eyes. 
And if you look at them closely, maybe you recognise yourself, all that naivety dressed up as idealism. 
And it’s so sweet and so sour, to see with clarity how you once were. 
Do it right and you ache for them, but gently, the way a stomach aches for a home-cooked meal. 
Do it wrong and you only ache for yourself. 
And you know as well as I do how it’s going to play out. 
This place will be forging the souls of tomorrow long after we’re gone.