is it more important that I can quote Hamlet…

…than it is to teach me how to have friends

is it more important that I can determine a derivative…

…than it is to learn that means don’t justify the ends

You want to pass me through as a statistic instead of realizing I am lost.

is it more important to memorize an atomic weight…

…than it is to understand I no longer have a father

is it more important to memorize a date…

…than to know I feel like I am trapped under water

You want to pass me through as a statistic instead of realizing I am lost.

is it more important that I can t(y)pe …well, some of the time..

…or that I know iambic pentameter and perhaps words that rhyme…

…or could you for once ask about me…that would be a start…

…if only because I have no friends and a boy just broke my heart.

I am lost.   I am not a number.  I am still a child.

Please do more for me.  Please help learn to smile.

is it more important that I can quote Hamlet…

…than it is to teach me how to have friends

is it more important that I can determine a derivative…

…than it is to learn that means don’t justify the ends

You want to pass me through as a statistic instead of realizing I am lost.

is it more important to memorize an atomic weight…

…than it is to understand I no longer have a father

is it more important to memorize a date…

…than to know I feel like I am trapped under water

You want to pass me through as a statistic instead of realizing I am lost.

is it more important that I can t(y)pe …well, some of the time..

…or that I know iambic pentameter and perhaps words that rhyme…

…or could you for once ask about me…that would be a start…

…if only because I have no friends and a boy just broke my heart.

I am lost.   I am not a number.  I am still a child.

Please do more for me.  Please help learn to smile.