Finally I understand.......

It's Day 5 : #OctPoWriMo
Prompt : Finally I understand......

It's so true that as a child I have heard that one day when I grow up and be in the  shoes of my parents , I will understand and realize so many things. As a child I have always been inquisitive and wanted to know about everything under the Sun.
Today, I have found answers to some of those queries but the quest is on  .

My take on today's prompt :

Finally I understand.......
The transcendence from ignorance to experience

The pride engulfing those eyes when I took my first stride
The wide grin on seeing me run to their welcoming embrace
The happiness on their faces when I graduated from college


Finally I understand.......
The transcendence from ignorance to experience

Stories of sacrifice etched in each line beautifying age
The concern for my well-being echoing in the trembling voice
The unique combination of joy and sadness when I embarked on my journey ahead
So much to be said.....shared as I stand on the threshold of yet another life- stage

Finally I understand.......
The transcendence from ignorance to experience

Oh! What is that I hear?.... Is it my imagination or for real?
Is this how , many years ago, someone else must have felt also?

A constant fear knocking at the closed doors of conscience
Will I be able to do justice like my parents?
Will I graduate this examination of life with flying colors?
Like my parents?
Will I be remembered fondly by someone else as I do for my parents?
Oh! The emotion is so special yet different!
I am scared , yet elated!

Finally I understand the beauty
Of this transcendence from ignorance to experience !