Exam Fever

The time has come

Most fearful for some

More taut for others

And torture for the mothers

Biting fingernails and pulling out hair

Bemoaning the not so fair

Quality of time, it’s slipping and sprinting

From our control, hinting

At a future seemingly distant

But coming closer and closer still, unhesitant

Weeks to days to hours to minutes

And lo! There it is

The bane and curse of every student

In law school, whose mere

Wish it is to pave the path to their future

Hurriedly scanning, revising, re and re reading

That which is already crammed in a head

Speeding

Towards thoughts of dread

But once you enter

It is three hours of helter skelter

Of the pen on paper

Gliding to finish

The race against time

And then it’s over

Peace and quiet move over

But suddenly strikes the thought

Oh no!

There’s still two more to go!