School

There are days when

Bubbling from us comes

The innocent child within,

Who giggles at the little things

And wears a silly grin.

There are days when

Melancholy comes to

Visit for a while;

The mind feels tired, the body weak;

We have no strength to smile.

There are days when

Joy abundant

Grabs hold of you and me;

Wraps us up in all it's splendor,

Lifts us up and sets us free.

There are days when

Sorrow wraps us

In its cloak of grief and fear,

'Till our hearts ache to the breaking,

'Till our eyes can't shed a tear.

There are days when

Love bestows us

With its wonderment and light;

With its beauty and its mystery,

Its power and its might.

And there are days when

Life rewards us

And seems to make amends

By granting us a marvelous gift,

The precious gift of Friends

We feel that school is such a bore.

We feel that school is such a chore.

Parents say, "School's great! Now, go!"

We say, "Well, what do you know?"

Late a minute and we have to run.

Eyes half-open, shoelaces undone.

We reach school and we see our friends.

Immediately, the torture ends.

We have a chat and go with the flow.

Then the bell rings; it is time to go.

We may at times find school stressful.

To have some fun, we have to bend some rules.

Talk back to teachers, and detention we serve

No doubt, it is sometimes what we deserve.

Sometimes they are as cold as ice,

And other times they're actually really nice.

They teach us and give us a helping hand.

They're forever ready to listen and be a friend.

They have built much confidence in us.

Just not when they are being really harsh.

Over the years of education,

Never have we had so much learning with action,

Such as camps, experiments, concerts, and activities.

We've learned so much and even saved the trees.

A wise teacher once said aloud -

Success is failure turned inside out,

So stick to the fight when you're the hardest hit.

Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Some may see school as a torture chamber.

Some cannot wait for the holidays in December,

But it depends on how we look at school.

Honestly, positively, school is cool!