overload
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Behind my smiles
My good deeds
My leadership
My love for others
Behind the eyes of those who look highest of me
Who seek my guidence
Behind all that i am
I am paranoid
The people squirming
Through each other
Sprinting
Pacing
Chuckling
Weeping
Briefcases in hand
Lunging
For the office
Laptops
Cellphones
Watches
Files
My bag is a boulder
Ready to break my back.
What's a social life you ask?
I have long since forgotten now that teachers dictate mine.
"School is more important." is what they drill into your mind.
School was a blur,
I wish it were
more fun.
First Period: I stepped in gum.
squish, squash.
Second Period: My brain on overload: numb.
zzzt, peeeww.
You do realize a have a life, right?
Status quo, all about the numbers,
Make up this and that,
Submit one or the other,
Take time to...
Think about my life.
Black.
I turn to the square.
It’s light immense, mesmerizing, captivating.
And there’s color.
So much color. I can’t stop myself from looking.
