Everyday, I have homework.

Faces, smiles,
Cheerful, snide
if I fail to watch and
listen closely,
I may not grasp my lesson
For the day
begins and ends with a message
floating in the air
thrown with a glare
caressed with care
So I see the World as my school
and everyday, I have homework to do

The Principle may paddle me
but that pain will subside
My own Mother may forsake me
and make me want to run and hide
Should my darling sister not feed me
it is my choice to be forever blue
Still I see the World as my school
and everyday, I have homework to do

Trick or Treating used to be
Oh so such good times
Even daytime became a reality
lips shaped as if tasted limes
Alas, history has been made
after fingers pointed at the untrue
Inside the house a room of a different shade
that I can't reach everyday because of the homework
I have to do

If I should ask one main thing
it would be to remember Who's Who
From trees of poplar and sycamore down to the Ming
leaves fall everyday, leaving more homework for me to do