Detention (written in high school)
by, Melissa R. Mendelson

Will this class end?
Time has frozen.
The teacher continues.
Tortured are the chosen.

I'm stuck in this class
to hear the teacher speak
while I'm cold
and feel meek.

Was that the bell,
or a student crack?
I can't take it!
I want reality back.

That's it.
I'm beginning to crack.
I'm leaving
and never coming back.

Glare at me all you want.
I will not stay.
Tortured are the chosen
while their minds are thrown away.