Mark Stubbs Poet Rhyme

If only

I hated all those lessons and rules 
Playing sports in the cold and the rain
Exams, tests and essays in schools
l won’t need this stuff in my brain
It’s a waste of my time, it's just lame.

I am leaving school in just one week
No more boredom and tectonic plates
A good job, with some training I seek
Will I miss going to school with my mates
I wonder now what my future awaits

An interview can be a terrifying thing
He said, “Why not a single GCSE?”
“To this role, what do you bring?!”
Five years, I had nothing to please
Seven interviews and now, great unease.

Starting work at eight in the morning
Not what I imagined it would be.
Mucking out sheds, won't be that boring
I look back now, and my errors I see
Will my mates have careers, unlike me?

Now I do the same things every day
I miss school, and my mates, I’m sad
In the cold and the rain, I now dismay
and think of the opportunities that I had
To waste all that time… “was I mad?!”

If only I'd concentrated on school
Had fun, but tried when it mattered 
If only I could have followed their rule.
All that knowledge I could have gathered
My dreams and future are they shattered?

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Daisy Meadows March 1, 2024 at 4:31 AM When we are younger we don't always have the same perspective on life as when we are adults. I think many of us look back on our school days and wish school days had been different. A good poem. Well done.