DAY FOUR

Three days down a new subject

I realise that I do not get

Any part of what’s on the board

Yet still I hope, there must be more

More knowledge in the college choir

Where no homework they require

But Math calls for homework I’m sure 

My notebook’s empty, this is day four

Five days of buffet now remain 

On the sixth, students puke with pens

I’m still not hungry, have never been

Especially around examinations

I do have answers but no details

How do parents feel when children fail

Everyone knows but some can ignore

Ten chapters undone, this is day four

Seven thousand in cash a month

For this rented flat after the hunt

How about hunger, what about greed

There’s more money that you need

To survive until another pay cheque

And fix damages of this monthly wreck

So I trade sleep for extra chores 

All my dreams await, this is day four

For two meals a day my belly calls 

I guess this is where positivity falls
So I keep my head high and forget
All the success that I have met
And melt the walls of ego and pride
There's nowhere to go, nothing to hide
Just another ship far from the shore
I'll get there soon, it's just day four