exam week

[fledgist]

after ferocious blue the washed-out sky
is sombre but the day at least is calm
the mind's overloaded now we may try
to seek a while for some refreshing balm
to ease the pain of thought the misery
of reading all the essays due this week
work that was substituted by treachery
from that which grants the energy i seek
but nothing tells us what we really need
to learn or know in order to survive
some will not fail they'll venture to succeed
the thought of that keeps my spirit alive
i turn from looking at stark autumn beauty
to do the things that i know are my duty