LITERARY | I’m in Pieces: Unspoken Words of Pressured Students

Our existence can feel full of pressure at one point of juncture. Recognizing who we are and what we aspire to, as well as how we want our lives to be, I hope you release yourself from this; that's what we'll all do. 

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I’m in Pieces: Unspoken Words of Pressured Students 

 

Burdened by time and energy constraints, 

A strong emotion placed on oneself, 

A continual sense of dread and the trait of avoiding excesses 

What kind of force is pushing and urging my belief? 

  

Do unspoken words speak like an ear-splitting crack of thunder? 

or do students just glance over it? 

Sitting alone, silently suffering, then I surrender, 

I'm shattered, as if I'd been crashed on the lowest point. 

  

The overwhelming feelings kept me down. 

Do you understand how much academic work frustrates students? 

Do you think students have been facing pressure all along? 

The mere sight of a textbook causes me to become extremely anxious. 

  

There are times when we are at a loss for words. 

Enslaved by the expectations of society, 

You're dissatisfied with your progress. 

I feel you; it's inevitable to feel this way. 

  

Hi, it's me—like a volcano ready to burst into a holocaust, 

I'm wounded, I'm torn apart, and I'm shattered. 

I simply erupted without any prompt. 

I was a twisted jumble, and pandemonium ensued. 

  

Our existence can feel full of pressure at one point of juncture. 

Recognizing who we are and what we aspire to, 

as well as how we want our lives to be, 

I hope you release yourself from this; that's what we'll all do.