I sit in this lone room.
Full of others but still no joy.
These lessons being beaten into my mind.
I don't want to learn this, these requirements.
I want to learn of my passions,
My life goals, my loves.
The teacher continues, not knowing,
The thoughts blocking out their words.
"You can do better than this" they say.
I am doing better,
This mind is more complex than anything.
You've never seen a mind this bright.
But you can't test a fish's intellect,
By asking it to climb a tree.
I am the fish,
This school is the tree.
The class is a prsion,
my mind wants to be free.
Dec 13, 2013
Dec 13, 2013 at 1:48 AM UTC
I sit in this lone room.
Full of others but still no joy.
These lessons being beaten into my mind.
I don't want to learn this, these requirements.
I want to learn of my passions,
My life goals, my loves.
The teacher continues, not knowing,
The thoughts blocking out their words.
"You can do better than this" they say.
I am doing better,
This mind is more complex than anything.
You've never seen a mind this bright.
But you can't test a fish's intellect,
By asking it to climb a tree.
I am the fish,
This school is the tree.
The class is a prsion,
my mind wants to be free.