Sit in a desk

Keep your mouth closed

It might not happen yet

But your knowledge will show.

A little crowded room

White walls, white floors

Am I a student or a prisoner?

Could there be more?

Write the words your teacher says

Copy their lives

Apply this to their tests

You just might survive.

Open your books

Read through the pages

They're not telling us

That we're learning in stages.

Because knowledge applied

Is knowledge learned

And Knowledge is power

And others will burn.