Bound to College Life: I should have known better

This poem is a conversation between a mother and her child, relaying to each other the woes of college life. Text: From Mom to XXX-XXX-2013: Sometimes I wish I had things all together, I wish I could’ve aced every test, As hard as I have studied and worked at my very best, I should have known better. Text: TO Mom from XXX-XXX-2013 : I can’t afford any more to feel under the weather, Any more loans, scholarships, or bills, I could barely manage to buy food for and between meals, Let alone enjoy after school thrills, I should have known better. Text: To Mom from XXX-XXX-2013: Commuting back and forth to school is hardly a pleasure, Living at my parents’ where I’m stuck in my crowded room, Figuring out each day and how to cope with my doom, Rushing from here to there is more than I can measure, I only wish, I should have known better. Text: From Mom to XXX-XXX-2013: During bus rides, sorting through my thoughts is my only treasure, Dwelling through smog and pollution on the city street, Where all kinds of people desire to meet, I look to the sky thinking “Why couldn’t I be more clever?” I only wish I could, I should have known better.