the tension gets strung higher and higher
and you feel everything's closing in,
caving in,
walls pulling themselves closer to each other.

you find yourself running and running,
down and down and across the lane,
and walls close in behind you,
like the reverse motion of the parting red sea.

you run you run you run,
you pant and pespire.
"stop it!" you shout,
but no one hears you.
the waves that are crashing are not just drowning your voice,
they are drowning you in as well.

you run you run you run,
"count the median mark from the left of the graph!"
"and if you dont do your work and you dont listen, the one that's going to suffer in the end is you"
"i seriously havent done anything productive all day long"
"it would be nice if you could, once in your life to at least pass a chem test once."
"ill be giving out homework am8 today, and to those who owe me em4, em5, am1, am2, am3, am5, am6, am7, and am8, could you please hand them up to me."
"its really not that difficult to pass a maths test"
"so, how many tests have you had this week?"
"and have you even begun to do anything for it at all?"
"i cant sleep tonight i cant sleep tonight i gotta finish everything.."

and you run you run you run,
voices screaming from all four corners and from within,
walls continue crashing into you like frantic waves rushing down.
and they chase you,
right at your heel.

and you run you run you run.
"stop it!"
you shouted at the top of your lungs,
and you get swept off your feet into the merciless sea
and you struggle to get up,
get out of the water.
you kick, you flap your arms around,
you scream into the water,
you choke and loses your balance.

and everything stops moving in that macrosecond.