Bitter

5 days and 6 hours every week

Every morning, I wake up at 7 am and dread going to school

Sitting in 50-minute lessons for the whole school day tires me

Although it’s for the best

I can barely remember what I learned in week 2 of term 3

Leaving school at 3:15 makes me feel relief

Until I walk into my bedroom, disgusted by what I see

Assignment after assignment piling up

As rubbish and dust start to collect on my floor

I ponder what else I could be doing?

I’m living in the most critical 18 years of my life

And still, I question when my life will get better

I don’t even spend the majority of my day at school

Yet I still feel like I could be doing so much more

I’m not ungrateful or spoilt, just tired

I’m grateful for my parents

I’m grateful for my home

I’m grateful for everything

School isn’t bittersweet

It’s just bitter