Thirty Thousand and Counting....

Many thousands in the annual grades race, Are brimming with the magical feel of success, And they very rightly earn warm congrats, But note, you who are on the pedestals of power, That 30,000 or more are being left far behind, In these no-holds-barred contests to be first, Since they have earned the label ‘All Fs’, And could fall for the drug-pusher’s lure, Since they may be on the threshold of despair...

Take note, and fill their lives with meaning, Since they suffer for no fault of theirs. By Lynn Ockersz.