When I first saw you, you were nothing but a room

with 2 boring beds, 2 boring dressers, 2 boring desks

but I could feel years of stories and memories rumbling in the corners

excited to grow as we added our own

And then you lit up before my eyes

our own posters and pictures accented the walls,

our beds were matching and neatly made,

our backpacks were ready for these new school halls

We discovered your secrets our second night here

as we shared our interests, our dreams, and our fears

sitting on my bed eating candy at 4 am

your magic brought us together, knowing we'd love it here

Since those first days, you've been there for us

when we were studying all night or when we failed a test

when we couldn't stop laughing or needed a shoulder to cry on

you were there from the worst to the best

No matter what happened during the day

or when we were out at night

we can come back to your warm walls

and you pushed out all the adversities without a fight

As we pack up, we are leaving so much behind

memories of movie nights and eating too much ice cream

of things not turning out how we thought then creating new dreams

of late night bubble tea runs and singing at the top of our lungs

of laughing at what we did last night or ranting after a fight

we leave behind a million more stories than when we found you

and can only hope there will be infinitely more so our many seem like a few