classroom

creaking hinges

subtle twinges

set your books all in a row.

tapping fingers

silence lingers

feed me knowledge; watch me grow.

notebooks open

all so roped in

teacher, teach me something new.

motivated

captivated

everything you say is true.

-it is, isn't it? surely.

fixings

realization

complication

trepidation

stop. this.

desperation

hesitation

mutilation

with. this.

motivation

inspiration

celebration

oh, professor

droplets of moisture on his raised brow

sparkling eyes admire the rushing water

over hard black stone

and he's alone

stranded at the peek of humanity

the younger, fresher something new

sitting in his throne

and he's alone.

world spinning backward

brilliant is irrelevancy in this dark world

brilliant, she whispered

irrelevant, he heard

potential is ineptitude coated with grace

potential, they shouted

but only to his face

marvel is looking without paying attention

marvel they did

at whatever he'd mention

braggadocio

Now my high horse is dead;
you shot him in the head.
My pretense came tumbling down.
It's the price that I pay
For the games that I play.
Now all I can do is bow down.

Project Awaken! Here it comes...