The Five Senses of Education

How school systems have managed to help children feel with their five senses.

You stare so long, 

Numbers once understandable, blur, 

Words once readable, conjoin, 

The world spins relentlessly. 

You listen too hard, 

Voices croak out lessons, 

Yelling becomes screaming, 

Reality is deafening

You feel too much

Pencils become snakes, 

Erasers scratch away your sanity, 

Bones break with a hush. 

You taste everything, 

Jokes protect you, 

Bitter words harm you, 

Salt stains your tongue. 

You smell everything, 

Sweat is putrid, 

Sustenance no more fills, 

Blood is but another obstacle.

Author's Note

The poem is meant to have a choppy feel, to mimic how students thoughts go. There is always so much going on within their mind, especially when hormones come into play, and with how much is pressured upon them, their brains can only do so much at one time.

Reviews

[Karmee]

You feel too much
Pencils become snakes,
Erasers scratch away your sanity,
Bones break with a hush.

I TOTALLY LOVED this whole write, but this stanza, stood out to me.
This is a really well intriguing and deep write really.

[Lauren]

I'm so glad my poem could touch you! Thank you, I loved writing this one actually because I feel so many students feel this way. Hopefully one day, enough voices will be heard and something will be done.