Stressed

Allow me to rage on..

This business they put us in..

Is bringing the stress on.

I can't think straight..

Or eat right..

Or laugh at all.

Most times I want to quit..

However, I want to make it so badly..

They do this to us purposely..

Why do they hate us?

Why are they so demanding?

Why are we forced to learn things that we don't need..

Just to make our balances rise..

They only see green.

They don't see young people, teens..

Trying to higher their knowledge and adapt to new scenes..

Adopting accents from places you've never been..

Making yourself at home just to be thrown on the street.

Got the brains, the drive, everything but the currency exchange..

And it's oh so sad that you have to feel this way.

They pimp us, until we're all hoe-ed out..

$250 for every wrong doing like I have funds to hand out.

Just a young girl trying to better her life..

Going to classes for 4 years just to pay it all back for the rest of her life..

Stressing about it, day in and day out..

Can barely sleep because in my dream I was sent back to my hometown for an overdue balance..

CABRON!

This mierda makes me hate college!

Author's Note

College has been stressing me out a lot lately guys :( Something that is supposed to be one of the best experiences of your life you can't even fully experience because it's so costly. Well, that is if you are financially down, like most us college students.
Cabron is spanish for "fuck", mierda is spanish for "shit" if you guys didn't know.

Reviews

[Chris]

Good rant. Real, relateable.

[Tamika Finley]

thank you!

[J3ssInJupit3r]

"They only see green" I LOVED that line becuase it is one hundred percent true! And preach it! I loved this poem and it was so relatable becuase i am in the same boat as you sister! This was a great, powerful and emotional poem that captured your emotions completely. And I loved the multi lingual pieces you had in there becuase it jsut showed little glimpses of who you are as a person. You added some spunk/personality to it, making it almost like it's own entity. Thank you for sharing, and expressing the feelings of most college students in the world. :) Hang in there, it will get better.

[Tamika Finley]

Thank you so much!! It makes me mad that the cost is the main reason people don't make college an option straight from high school, and then we get shamed about it. People accept it as "that's the way it's been, and that's just the way it is". But, I feel that we could change it. I don't know. I'm glad that you could enjoy it :)