My Year
Its not just a grade,
It is my future.
No more time to delay,
I need to make a choice.
My book flys open!
I skim the page-
Words are written
down on a page.
Blue for the facts
Black for interpretation
Red for acronyms
Highlight for remembrance
The minutes, hours go by
I don’t have enough time.
My alarm goes off
And I dash to work.
I come home,
Tired but ready.
I need to understand.
I need to remember.
Limited amount of time
Always more I need to know
Flashcards and writing
Reciting over and over
I wake up
Without an alarm.
I pull out my flashcards
For the last time.
One scantron
One pencil
One teacher
And one test
All this preparation,
All that time
For a test
That is over so soon.
I turn my test in,
Grab my bag
And leave.
Now I wait.