Abuse of Power
I feel like I’m stuck playing your game of cards
And no matter what, it keeps getting hard.
Winning is no longer an option for me,
But I can’t just sit here to watch you sip tea.
You’re ignorant, you’re arrogant, you have no respect
And, to be honest, I’d hit you in the face with a desk.
Oh please, don’t pretend the thought never crossed your mind
To suspend me and leave that challenge behind.
You know it’s not easy, this game that we’re playing
The constant power struggle between what we’re saying
Is my honesty and pride just too much to handle?
You’d never admit it, but you can’t hold a candle
To my system of support, my right vs. wrong
But I sit in your office as you sing the same song.
“Detention, two days, and this is your warning.”
Your office’s blank walls are severely boring.
Your abuse of power is starting to get old
I wish I could speak up, but then again I’m told
“Respect your elders and teachers, no matter what.”
And because I need college, the up I will shut.
This poem is in a perspective of a student in school, where she just wants to speak up for herself but it seems that the teacher is stopping her from doing so. It is trying to replicate what goes on in her mind with a teacher so ignorant, and feels like they abuse their power by doing whatever they want to a student who tries to be honest. This probably related to students in school, where they would talk back at their teachers, and instead of listening to what they have to say, teachers would right away give them a detention or suspend. Others feel that they abuse their power. This poem reminds me of video where a student speaks up and gives his honesty about her, but is sent to the office:
The Abuse of Power 