Chipped Away

"Chipped Away"
(01-21-04 -- 20 years old)

I've been chipped away at
- Broken down
Emotionally.
To the point where
My crimeless,
private school's
a fear.

Confidence is taken from me
with each insult
- Each complaint
- Each imperfection
- Each wrong-doing
I hear.

So, walking through the campus
my stomach turns.
And leaving a class
I start to sweat.

My nameless, shameless
Mostly deranged,
talking-with-an-accent physics professor's
"good" intentions
have got my best
- put me to the test
and left me in a state
of unrest.