Antagonization

I try to try.

I want to succeed;

and still I fail

I don't reach a need

Life, sleep, or grades?

I can reach none.

Will I be left

when I am done?

Friends? They all left me.

Sleep? How could I?

Grades? They do not show

how hard I try.

Nothing that I do

at all seems to work

like the inside of my mind

is an overworked clerk.

I try to try.

I want to succeed;

but still I fail.

I don't reach a need

Life, sleep, or grades?

I can reach none.

Will I still be left,

when I am done?

I cannot convince

my mind to agree.

It's as if what I do

is not what it sees.

The black on this screen

shows my strong disappointment

in a world more accepting

of gladiatorial enjoyment