Coming back to Teaneck
Lijie Chen
From Michigan back to New Jersey.
It’s a long journey,
But not longer than the one from China.
Not longer than the one to meet my old friends.
For three years I had missed them.
Friends.
Their smiling faces in my mind.
Finally, I was standing in front of Teaneck High School:
The castle on the hill.
I looked at the football field and breathed the fresh air.
I was in a good mood,
But I was nervous
Because I came to reunite with old friends.
Would they remember me?
Would they want to associate with me,
Like before in middle school?
I got my class schedule,
But I could not find my classes.
“This school is very huge,”
I thought I lost myself,
“Help me find my classrooms!”