'A' levels

‘A’ levels

By May Kwek 

How should I describe

This awful, terrible beast?

It is like a shadow ever lurking

Unwilling to cease

The brightest sun can’t clear its darkness

And at night it even glows bright

A haunting glow

That gives me nightmares at night

Forever there is this anxiety

And the school, bah they don’t help!

No they hound me with “you must work harder”

I almost want to say ‘go to hell’

Yet even in hell I am sure there is no escape

The stress follows wherever I go

Why must so much depend on one test?

I really wish to know

My future, my life

So much is at stake

Two years for something so important

What joke are they trying to make?

And the fear! The fear!

In the core of our hearts

Chasing us to work harder

Till we fall apart!

Enough! Enough!

Oh God for a rest!

From the endless demands

The exams and the tests

But since we can’t I’m afraid

We must carry on

I can’t wait till this is over

And the pressure is all gone!

Copyright © 2013 by May Kwek