H.S. Treasures

Living in my head
All the fun memories
Although stuff has changed
It will still remain a thing
That we can happily talk about
Ignoring that a few just fell out
Photos we exchanged
All the camps that's entertained
It will be all inside of me
As a good memory, I can treasure

HSC's over!
Wasn't too bad, wasn't it?
Nope sorry nevermind
At least I'm never gonna touch it
It's done and dusted
No more instructed
Essay writing
A bit more freedom outside of our lessons
But before that let take a trip back to year 7
Normanhurst! (Normo)
At first I was kinda stranded but
Wayamba the gang,
Made plenty of friends whilst I was there to enjoy it
Jenolan caves was a banger camp,
Got into basketball only cos I was tall
Whenever I went to change for PE,
The room had chairs up in the ceiling!

From Jenolan Caves
I felt the gang mentality
Gatehouse I was part of that legacy
It still fresh in my memory

Then it was year 8 when I knew that
Jap and French wasn't for me
Came 3rd last in Jap
Came 2nd last in French

Climbed Mt Kosciusko
In the goddamn rain
Ate our lunch at the toilet at the peak
(oh god) Next to the bin

Now it's year 9
Was happy that Naplan was fine
Went to this hotel everyday a rave
Cooking ramen in microwaves

Mafia game with 15 boys
All cramped up on a queen sized bed
We got a little loud
But we enjoyed everything instead

In year 9, I became an SRC
With a dumbass speech but that was plenty
Looking good in my resume
Then transferred into baulko, a snake!

But Restless nights I got that too
I feel like I shouldn't go
Can see your face it's tells me no
Last few days at Normo
You guys ask me why
It's time to say goodbye
If you call me snake I will kill you
So please do not try

Living in my head
All the fun memories
Although stuff has changed
It will still remain a thing
That we can happily talk about
Ignoring that a few just fell out
Photos we exchanged
All the camps that's entertained
It will be all inside of me
As a good memory I can treasure

Baulko, new me, new life, new friends... that's what I thought
Immediate lockdown,
Kinda stressed I didn't establish a new home ground
Honestly wouldn't have been lonely
If I wasn't put into my math class
Down in the basement where I found some friends to get by
Then year 12 came swinging around
Was kind of scared this was the final stretch
But one last event in the books
Made up for the outlier feeling that I used to have
Yr 12 camp, lit
Dressed up as chess piece and checkmate
Made some funny and some tipsy memories
That I was glad to take part in and

Looking back, I feel like it couldn't be better
Like a present, I'll keep these memories forever
In the future, even if we're all apart, let's join
Like all the memories that we've all made together

Living in my head
All the fun memories
Although stuff has changed
It will still remain a thing
That we can happily talk about
Ignoring that a few just fell out
Photos we exchanged
All the camps that's entertained
It will be all inside of me
As a good memory, I can treasure