In the middle of the night
The third all-nighter of the week
Stress conquered this life
Because consequences suddenly hit
And the work piles on
Writing almost maniacally
Assignments needing to be done
Another cup of coffee to peel open tired eyes
All alone in the dark
Where did the time go?
Panic courses through the bloodstream
Much like the concerning amount of caffeine
Blame, guilt and regret form a nice team
To fuel this terrible dream
Where this midnight stress is never seen
Running out of time the clock counts down
Blinking away the tears in a spiral of self hatred
Wrist loudly complaining as another sentence is done
A student long accustomed to this hell
As they throw another penny in the wishing well
Pain ebbed away meaningless in the machine
Much like emotions and colour
The world grey and empty and impossibly plain
And then they simply fade away
Why do we keep doing this?
They scream for help in the scribbling of their pen
They cry in pain in the rustling of another page
They bleed their suffering into another essay
They cut their hell into another test
And it is an eternal pain and they can't get away
Please just let me get away
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