for most of the scholars, the future is the stressor SATs, ACTs, grades, extracurriculars, college apps, jobs when given notice, anyone can prepare for and deal with a challenge when one's worries consist only of the future, one is blessed, not cursed when life is "how can I get through this" instead of "how will I get through that" it's a problem.
best math student in the school, but he still can't solve the everyday problem mom dad divorce boyfriend alcoholism violence lawsuits counseling too many terms, it's unfactorable, it's unfair, this wasn't in the textbook now it's on the test and I can't get a 100 I thought being perfect was the only way?
the title is a bit of wordplay on present tense and tension (in the home). basically the poem is me expressing frustration about what goes on at home. more poems to come I guess.