I Am Not A Number.

December 3, 2013

1700, 95, 87, 75, and 15

Are all just numbers, values.

Hollow and meaningless

Unless attached to words

1700, my SAT score.

After months of studying

And 4 hours of testing hell.

95, the grade I have in Government

Because it is too easy

And requires no thought

87, the grade I have in physics.

The grade I am proud of.

The one I worked for

75, the grade I have in English

Because I can’t interpret poems.

Correctly that is

And 15, my class rank

Out of my graduating class

Of 682 seniors

Yet, not one of these numbers

Represents me,

Or who I am.

Not. One.

In school, we are all

A number,

A grade,

A score,

A rank

But I am not a number

I am a human

And no number

Can define my

Success.

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