My Year

Its not just a grade,

It is my future.

No more time to delay,

I need to make a choice.

My book flys open!

I skim the page-

Words are written

down on a page.

Blue for the facts

Black for interpretation

Red for acronyms

Highlight for remembrance

The minutes, hours go by

I don’t have enough time.

My alarm goes off

And I dash to work.

I come home,

Tired but ready.

I need to understand.

I need to remember.

Limited amount of time

Always more I need to know

Flashcards and writing

Reciting over and over

I wake up

Without an alarm.

I pull out my flashcards

For the last time.

One scantron

One pencil

One teacher

And one test

All this preparation,

All that time

For a test

That is over so soon.

I turn my test in,

Grab my bag

And leave.

Now I wait.