12th Grade Syndrome

“what you gonna do in college”
“what’s your life plan?”
I’m not thinking, I say
I want to live while I can.

We need to work every night
Goodbye dear sleep
Dont stay awake they all say
but no one to help us with deadline at bay.

Our teachers are helpless monsters?
Created by the system
While their necks are held
On our heads they stay
And we cry “oh ma’am”.

A dilemma we face
As we go through this phase
To chose friends or grades
Balancing isnt a easy game.

With lesser time to spend
Its a struggle to hold on
But against all odds we try
These friends cant be just gone.

Exams to study for
Projects to complete
Childhood slipping, going too far
We are to be ready to compete.

If this is your story too,
With tension eating you through
A victims of schools pathogens sting
You’ve too got the 12th grade syndrome.