Pigmas 2023 31 December

[RiverNotch]

Eighth day of Pigmas. Taking into account some of the feedback in the opening thread, ye respondents may follow one of three tiers:
(1 - GOLD) Write a sonnet based on the day's prompt. The final goal is to produce something approximating a crown of sonnets!
(2 - FRANKINCENSE) Write a poem of a particular form based on the day's prompt. The final goal is to produce something approximating a crown of that form.
(3 - MYRRH) Write a poem on the day's prompt based on your choice of poem from the previous day's prompt, making sure it's the same form as the poem you're responding to.

Today's prompt: 
Write a poem involving a farewell.

[CRNDLSM]

Face first of course, both hands and feet hog tied
Getting out of school, getting a job, I'd
Get arrested, and pregnancy tested
Then ask my girlfriend if shell be my bride
Perhaps I've carried too much on my plate
Unable to finish for a clean slate
While leaving a trail of crumbs to go stale
The defeatist in me agrees that's fate
No one knows how any of this will end 
How much time here any of us will spend
Learn to behave. Avoid an early grave
I don't have to be everyone's best friend
Perhaps I've carried too much on my plate
The greatest lesson to learn is to wait