Passing the test

• Chris Timms, Grade 10
• Poetry
• 2005

Meeting the girl next to him in class,
May be the only test he’ll never pass,
He’ll get a perfect A
But he’ll find it hard just to say,
Hi, how are you today,
Excuse me now I’ve gotta walk away,
They’ll walk to his friends past he,
Why is he the one they cannot see,
With his friends they’ll flirt,
They have no idea how much it does hurt,
They say you're hidden in plain sight,
Maybe, just maybe they were right,
Right now he’s just the friend,
That’s now how he wants it to end,
The only way to pass this test,
Is it to take it and do his best.