Back To School

Back to school, back to stress
Endless assignments with no rest

Must learn this, must learn that
Turning slowly into a crazy cat

Want to perform, want to excel
Pressure cooker boiling brain cells

Ought to try, ought to strive
Trying very hard to survive

How to learn, how to gain
Hoping to achieve with no pain

Need to pass, need to learn
Distinctions are what all yearn

School is fun, school is cool
Must be a winner not a fool

Don’t be mad, don’t be sad
Pressure needn’t always be bad

Stress can win, stress can fail
Without it nothing is fulfilled

Learn to give, learn to take
Just try your best for goodness sake

P.S.
Those who live a stress-free life are those who are not alive.

*The poem is inspired by my students who are feeling the stress of the new school term.