As my mom sits upon the stairs with tears upon her face,
in her hands I see paper,
but in her eyes I see disgrace,
I'm thinking to myself, why is she in this state?
Then she looked me in the eyes and said "Education is Everything"!!
I realized, she had my middle school rejection letter in her hands,
she places it in my hand,
and again she says,
"Education is Everything"!!
Out of respect I stood silent but in my mind I said a lot,
I thought,
"Even though I was not accepted, I know Im not a fool,
It's just another stupid school, with too many rules,
plus their uniforms are not even cool"
But in reality, I just stood there and cried, Not because I was denied,
but because my mom was disappointed and I didn't understand why,
As she went on and on about how she never expected, for me, her son,
to ever be rejected,
I still didn't get it,
I just walked to my room and called it a night,
little did I know this conversation would save my life,
Expectations