Work Is Hard To Find
Work Is Hard to Find
When you have to spend
All your time
Studying as a poor college student
Day in and Day out
Never knowing where
You will be going
Or the path that lies ahead for you
You are grateful
That you have three meals a day
Even if you get them
By government loans
When you do not own a car
Or have any say in the way
That your life is because
The government decides for you
How much they think
You do or do not need in loans
All based on your parent’s income
They do not know about their bills
Or the pressure they have
It kills them late at night when they are sleeping
It haunts you too when you are weeping
However, there is hope if you make it
Taking the long route in college for there are grants to be given
You wake up one morning and there is
Enough money to cover all your costs in the fall
Although I can not count on it and the fear
Is here approaching
That Obama will disappoint us all
Copyright © Allison Smith | Year Posted 2011
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