Playing God
How to live
I mean survive
in school.
1. Show up.
Show up to the first day of the rest of your life.
Show up to your future.
Show up even when you have fallen down and still can't breathe
Show up for your funeral.
2. Follow the rules.
Follow the rules that keep you safe.
Follow the rules that help you succeed.
Follow the rules that turn and twist leaving you tied up in knots
Follow the rules that make you like everyone else
Follow the rules that change you into something you never wanted to be.
3. Try your best.
Try your best, they mean succeed.
Try your best, but don't make them look bad.
Try your best, and when that isn't good enough,
Keep going.
Try your best until you have nothing left to give
If it isn't enough
Kepp going.
How to live
I mean survive
in school.
1. Show up
2. Follow the rules
3. Try your best
If you do all three
You will turn out exactly how
You're supposed to be.
Or maybe how they wanted you to.