A Student's Frustration, by JC Sanders.
Meaningless courses, with trials and frustration fraught -
From them, worthwhile intellectual fruits are reaped not.
Homework assignments, meant to be enjoyed naught,
How I wish the material was a little more capably taught.
In this class there is found little of true value or merit,
Yet a requirement the department did firmly declare it.
The exam was too hard, all of the students despair it,
But if I want my degree I'll just have to grin and bear it.
Embracing the Darkness and the Day, by Tori Zigler
I let the darkness smother me
What must be, after all, must be
And as I embraced the eternal night
I said, “goodbye,” to my friend – the light
It felt like this was to be the end
Never again would I see my friend
And so I fell in to a dark despair
How could I smile if my friend wasn’t there?
How could things ever be okay?
When I would never see the light of day!
Tears flowed from my eyes like rain
(Tears of frustration, fear and pain)
What was the point of going on?
When all that once was right was wrong!
If only I could find a place
Where I didn’t have to show my face
Where I could be alone to cry
(Or even better… Just to die!)
I wished for something to release me
From the world which I could not see
But no place to hide or release came
And the days kept passing just the same
Until the day when – by a stroke of luck
An idea was planted in my mind… and stuck!
Maybe, I thought, things aren’t so bad
If only I could stop feeling so sad
Surely there must be some way
To embrace both the darkness and the day
So I searched high and low
Until ideas began to flow
And some friends from someplace very far
(Friends who don’t know who they are)
Through their words made me see
That the only problem I had was me!
And that – though things for me are tough
I’d see (if I stopped sulking for long enough)
That not only will things work out in time
But that plenty of people have problems worse than mine!
Labels: Poetry, Random thoughts
