Stanzas: Monthly Chapbooks March 2015: Identity | Page 16

Take Me In Your Arms
Ciara Murphy
It’s been five years since I completed my Leaving Certificate. Along with studying
hard, having the title of ‘Captain of the football team’ and being on the honour roll,
I received 595 points at the end of my exams.
It’s been four years since I went to university and began my studies to become a
doctor. I wanted to help people, I wanted to be that difference between life and death.
It’s been three years since I met the most beautiful girl I’d ever seen, and invited her
for drinks. I knew she was ir