"Learning is not bestowed by wealth"

-- H. Vanoy Barton

Classroom

by
H. Vanoy Barton

The bell rings, now you must pay
you are a student,  and it's final examination day.

Fate awards commencement for a passing grade.

The time has come, you can no longer wait,
everyone will participate, there is no running away.

Fate is the eternal headmaster and it's staring at you.

Have you answered the plea of the distraught and the abandoned multitude,
or have you ignored love and missed all the clues?

How you live is how you die.
Miserable and proud, or happy and new.
Now you must choose.

Do you pass or fail this final test?

There is no graduation for second best.