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Four Years In College by Olaiya4(m): 8:16am On Apr 21, 2020 |
Four years in college: graduation year Four years in college, we all didn’t think we would be here Just three years ago we all got here and didn’t know what to expect Four years in college, we all faced trials and tribulations Along the way, we lost so many great souls, We’ve had so many sleepless nights, We faced depression more than we faced our exam papers So many wanted to give up, but we kept our shoulders high and we pushed Four years in college and now we are here. There were nights, we cried because we couldn’t take it anymore There were days things didn’t work out We’ve had so many close calls but somehow it wasn’t our time There were days when prayer was not enough, Lecturers were hard to convince So many of us slept with an empty stomach Not because we didn’t have food but we didn’t have time When you are here all by yourself, your number one goal is to not disappoint your parents. There times you had to decide if whether you should be in this relationship or not There were times you thought you should call home and tell them that you want to come There were nights you said you are okay, even when you knew deep down that you weren’t. You just didn’t want to bother anyone There were Saturday nights, your blood would just crave to be out there and party But Exams were coming like coaches of a train Assignments were piled up in your room and you couldn’t breath Class of 2020, thank you, you made it, you finally got the graduation gown You got that paper you have always wanted My name is Siphokazi from a little village in Kwa Zulu Natal Like everyone else, I made it, I should be celebrating, I should be popping a champagne I too should be wiping my mother tears with my graduation gown Only if that phew would mean that finally it’s done As long as you are alive, God is not done with you Four years in college, my mother worked hard so that I can go to school like everyone else She paid my fees with the little that she had She made sure that I came back home with a graduation gown “Hey mom, it’s done” We danced like headless chickens, But celebrations in this family don’t last Four years in college, my mother’s money went down the drain Nothing about this college was real Fake lecturers Fake certificates Fake Security Company Nothing is registered Why me and my family? Why? when we thought that now things will be fine because I finally got the papers? Stupid, stupid What to do next? My mother is saying she’s okay but she’s not She’s trying to be strong but we’re all weak He is gone He took our money and left 200 students all left with nothing but depression How do you feel when you open a college when deep down you knew that it’s fake? Why would you do something so evil to us? How do you sleep, when you know that 200 students will have to start from stretch to obtain a certificate again? Do you know what our parents went through to pay you every month so that we can get in class? You would tell us that if we hadn’t had money by Monday We shouldn’t come into your building You left us with nothing but Depression Frustration Four years in college I didn’t know that I will wait for another year to make my mother proud...
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