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Not Thinking What My Teacher Is Teaching

The Sad Truth in Our Classroom

By Rose WintersPublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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As I sit in my window seat

A thought crosses my mind

A thought as scary as the open sea

I think to myself, “what a perfect angle for someone to shoot me”

Now these aren’t the things that I should be thinking

I should be thinking about what my teacher is teaching

In a place that we all should feel safe

I am constantly looking for the best hiding place

I am thinking of who I would call

If someone decided to end it all

These thoughts are just so distracting

It like that pair of jeans that you keep on patching

Every day a another hole appears out of the blue

But you won’t get another pair for the fear of something new

Or perhaps instead of fear it's just purely being lazy

At this moment the details are still hazy

But when we strive to make a change

Everyone just says to step out of the way

I thought we were supposed to be the generation

To stand tall and proud with our declarations

To fight for what we believe

And to help future generations navigate these icy seas

We were told to make change you must fight

Fight with all of our might

But no matter what we do or say

Our need for change just gets pushed away

I feel that we are lost and confused

Looking for anything that could be a muse

Until the day someone realizes

That these needs are growing in sizes

I sit here at my window seat

As we face yet another defeat

Thinking about things I shouldn’t be thinking

Not Thinking about what my teacher is teaching

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