Forever Seventeen

Caraline Stewart

Some days we’ll sleep through the sunrise 

But it will always be you and me 

No one really knows where they’re going 

But we’ll be lying underneath 

Those blossom trees 

How they dance with the wind 

Feeling free 

As free as I can get 

Seems that everyday is worth living for 

I can only hope for more 

Than those blossom trees 

Petals dance with the wind 

Follow me 

And we’ll get going 

Relive the days when we stood 

Where the sun shown 

The end was near 

But we didn’t know 

Cause some day our days won’t be found 

With you I only feel seen 

And even when I’m not around 

We’ll always be 

Forever seventeen 

We’re growing up 

We’re growing old 

Things won’t be the same old 

Same home that you’ve lived in 

Same road that you know 

You can’t help that things change 

While your heart begs to stay the same 

But you’ve seen who I am 

And we’ll never be those same kids again 

I don’t know who I’ll be 

But you and me 

We’re forever seventeen

Caraline Stewart is a sophomore at Saint Anselm College with a major in mathematics, a minor in music, and a passion for all things art. She writes music in any spare moment she finds and enjoys painting when the inspiration hits. In the two pieces that Caraline is honored to have featured in this edition of the journal, she illustrates stories through both her song lyrics and the saturated colors she uses in each of her paintings. Although Caraline hopes to pursue a career in data analytics, she will always be creating art in some way shape or form.