I want to wake up, get dressed, get in the car, and head to school

I want to remember what it was like wanting to go to school

I want to feel that joy again of seeing my teachers and wanting to learn

I want to not have to worry about what might happen that day

I miss it

Tie my shoes and go downstairs for cereal

I remember the good times

The homework was easy, so was the work

I liked it

A couple of years later

It happened 

The stress,

The agony began

My happiness for school slowly died off

My happiness died like animals, slowly but surely 

Bomb threats, shootings, mental problems

School isn't what it used to be

It’s unenjoyable, hurtful

I can only take so much 

Til I break 

I try to make the most of it but they make it so hard

I'm like an iceberg with too many penguins jumping on me for safety as orcas swim around

There’s too much weight on my shoulders at once

I’m waiting patiently for when I sink and people finally care

They always tell me “you’re fine” even when you’re not

Doctors give you medications to cover your problems up instead of helping to take them away

Medications are our saviors we look to them to fix our problems even though we know they don’t fix anything they just cover it up

Medications are our god we praise to it

We all want it

I’m like a bird stuck in a cage, begging to be set free

To flap my wings and sore through the sky, but I can’t 

My wings are clipped, and I have no ability

I can't make it farther, this is the farthest I’m going to get

I fall over and over and over again

Until there's no farther I can go