My life shouldn't be here
It should be in a story book
somewhere fighting for something more meaningful
than receiving an education
doing someting more than struggling to please a professor
by getting an A on a take home quiz
wouldn't you be more interested in knowing my dreams and helping me achieve them
why do I have to show you a diploma of completion with my name on it
when at the end
all i'm going to remember is a social security number that doesn't belong to me
wouldn't you rather train me to do what I feel called to do
without me having to write a grammatically correct paper
when in reality I'm not going to change lives by helping them write
I'm going to change lives my sharing mine
I could scream so loud
until the veins on my neck become thick with blood
and yet you still couldn't understand my feeling
you still haven't seen how numb you are
Tired of American sarcasm
At times I lay down hoping to wake up
A long time ago
Superficial eyes passing me by
someone said let the world change you
and you will change the world
I live trying to understand it