Summa Cum Laude

Perhaps You’ll Allow Me to
Flash My Poetic License –
You Have One Too –
and Ask You to Imagine
You’re the Offspring of
Michelangelo,

Recently Birthed,
at Your Request, on
the Campus of
Earth University.

You’ve Arrived Here from
The Home of the Source of
Creation of All That Is,

To Learn To Paint
Your Version of
The Sistine Chapel Ceiling,
with a Palette of
a Million Shades of
Light and Love,
Joy and Laughter.

But there’s a Challenge.

By Design –
You Asked for It –

The Canvas of
Your Sistine Ceiling
Is Made from
Weavings of Fear
In All Its Dark Threads,

A Challenge You
Embrace,

for the Thrill of
Transcendent
Transformation.

But How Would You Feel
If the Registrar
Informed You That
Failure To Pass
The Final Exam
Will Cast You Into
Dante’s Inferno?

What If
The Truth Is

You Can Enroll
for as Many Semesters
As You Please.

No Hurry.

Everyone Has
Their Own Curriculum.

And Everyone Has
As Long as They Wish
To Graduate
Summa Cum Laude.

(Photo by Lorenzo Turroni; UnSplash)