i need to do my homework
and study for the exams
the teachers had warned us about
i also really need to ***
but my eyes are begging to take a rest

i should care more about my grades
instead of thinking about the boy
with the blue eyes in the middle of the night
i should've said yes when my friends asked me
to go to the coffee shop with them
so i don't have to sit here, alone, all night

i need to stop complaining about the system
and how the government needs to understand
that kids are nothing but human beings
and start thinking about what i want to be
when i'm all grown up and sad like any other adult
so i won't end up at a stripper club

i have to pay attention to everyone around me
start facing the real world, making a real deal
fighting for the popular crown in high school
instead of crying by my computer screen

and before i write about how i still think about you
(just because i can't help it
they say i'm too young to understand
but i dedicate every word in this poem for you)
i really need to start studying