Style: Poem.
Statement: I wrote this because I wanted to express how it feels when you become overwhelmed in a stressful environment, as well as how hard it can be when you are struggling with school and compare yourself to the people around you.
Words muddle together
Thoughts merge with the paper
Pens tick on the table
Friends whisper their answers
Head spins in circles
Eyes darting desperately
Shoes squeaking, again and again
Phones light up in their hands
Questions have no right answer
Lights turn on and off
Scribble, scribble, you have no hope
With every answer, the future is far
Papers are passed, hand from hand
“This one's yours, this one's mine!”
Hopes are high, the score is not
Red all over, along with blue
The pain spreads everywhere
Their eyes glued to your hands
Red with regret and damp with fear
All the voices quickly run
“Don’t worry, don’t worry”
“It doesn’t matter”
Letters, letters, they all look the same
Lower and higher, up and down
Drip down to the ground, your fears are real
There is no joy, there is no mercy
Crumble, crumble, it won't change
Page over page, filled with pain
Eyes cast down, look around
At all the happy faces
No one cares, it's not their fault
The fault is only yours
Your luck is fake, it's all your fault
Fall to the ground, all around
It is only you
No one else will give a glance
At such a pathetic sight
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