Fall Semester
Will I make it through the semester?
Will I survive to December?
Will I pass my classes?
Will I pass my tests?
Will I make it out alive?
Maybe I'll make it through
passing all but one class.
Maybe I'll survive,
but I'll be super drowned and burnt out.
Oh wait,
I already am,
all the time.
If I fail my class,
maybe I'll just drop out.
I can't bring myself to take it again,
to accept defeat after working
so hard.
After going through
so much.
After trying,
striving,
through so many tears,
so many long days,
so many hard papers,
so many failed quizzes
that I studied for
for hours.
So much effort,
all to be wasted
if I can't pass
this simple class.
I'd drop, but I need it to graduate.
I'd drop out, but I've come this far.
If I can just survive this semester,
if I can just make it through these classes,
I think I'll be okay.
But if I can't,
I'll fall apart
more than I already have.
I
can't
go
on
like
this.
But I also don't know how to stop.