It's been so long, but I still remember how it feels To sit in a stuffy classroom, clicking my heels Because there's no place like home and I want out of my confinement To sit endlessly and pretend to care about another mind numbing assignment With the tap of fingernails vigorously typing out a text Shifty eyed, watching some amateur get caught and secretly hoping you're not next The murmur of whispered plans for the weekend And how desperately your body craves to sleep in Elaborate excuses planned out to explain why you forgot your essay was due The lies are getting crazier because the teacher has heard everything that's not new Lunch is served but the food is cold, unidentifiable, and uncooked There's no way through the sea of gossiping teens around your locker to get your booksΒ Β Your next class is the one teacher with a voice that's a little too monotone And then the next is the one that always thinks she hears a phone You worth is measured by a letter And how many times you promise to do better It's a system that's designed to break you But you never let anyone see how much it shakes you And at the end of the day it's gone by hideously slow And you dread how you have to repeat it all tomorrow.
I've been graduated for a while but it's back to school season and I can't help but to reminisce.