Stress

Stress (Final)

Jordan Shaver

Stress

It can be a life sentence

That is set with no trial

Too much homework

Too much pressure

Too many expectations

All of these things pile up

Until people’s brains are at the

Point of shutdown

People who are oblivious

Shrug it off as if it

Is no big deal, when it really is

The train tracks are still slick with blood

The gun is still smoking

The rope is still hanging

And all of this, for what?

A measley paper

Or a test that

Could have determined a career

That someone could have had

If their life hadn’t ended so fast

Stress

A devastating and

Effective rival

And no matter the importance

A miniscule grade

Should not set the time of death’s arrival