exam fear

By Rini -

Trembling hands holding a pen

Trying to answer a question

 

I see the first question

My mind goes blank

With white face and black pen

Flashbacks about every time I slacked

 

I remember nothing

It’s like I have been re-programmed

No formulae, no concept

No idea why im here

 

I try to wake up from the paralysis

Clicking sounds, it’s been fifteen minutes

I try to collect myself

For I feel fragmented

 

I turn the pages in frantic

In the unknown I want to find it

Find something familiar

Something I can do without fear

 

Blurred vision

Perspiration

Too hot for a jacket

Too cold without one

 

I look around in anxiety

Doing the sums like its nothing

Using their brain as a calculator

Writing the exam they prepared for

 

Wait prepared for?

I look at the heading in bold

“JEE Advance”

But I study commerce!

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