My Teacher Marked me Absent

My teacher marked me absent
Surely it must be a mistake, as I was present
I ensured to tell her of the mistake
And to avoid the event

A day had willfully passed
I smiled and engaged
My happy self to pass
However, my teacher marked me absent
Which had challenged me with the class
I had found it quite strange:
being mocked by the mass

I told my mother of the teacher's doings
She had assured they'd be fixed
I grabbed my satchel and slurred by goings
The day looking oddly mixed

The next day, my teacher marked me absent
And I questioned why
For this was no longer funny
And I will not be prosecuted for lies
I shouted "why do you mark me absent?"
But I received no response
I looked out at the vicious class
But hadn't received a single taunt

I told my mother again-
-of my teacher's mistakes
But she ignored my words
As she prepared a vanilla cake
Feeling insecure, I looked at the walls
And there I saw my memorial
"For he who passed last fall."

(by Jake Brunton a.k.a SenpaiJake)

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Addict With a Pen]

How sad! Great story, and great meter also.

[Marco]

This is an amazing piece of writing, it was very eye opening and was amazing.

[Jake Brunton]

Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)

[brian_tx]

Bro--Nice job and sorta deep. Love how you weave the absent theme in there like a relentless hammer going down. Good work dude.

[hcarson]

aww...this is so sad..but so well done. I really love it...its going to plague my mind now :(...job extremely well done. full marks plus more if I could.

[Jake Brunton]

Thank you so much for the feedback! I'm glad you like it :)