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"The Exam - Poem"

The chair was as cold as ice
As hard as nails
As I sat down a pair of eyes drifted on to me
A man, a man in a pink shirt with a vacant expression was towering over me
I could barely feel my legs by now but forced a smile
His face was not as malice as I had imagined
He seemed calm and mellow like an examiner should be
It was at this time that I realised my flaw
He gave me my slip and I started to draw
I couldn't believe an exam so simple could be so demanding
As I dragged my pencil across the page I felt hot and cold both at once
I felt nervous yet confident
Confident yet stressed
Stressed yet clear minded as I picked up my brush
My entire exam rested upon my skill with goo
This coloured goo straight from a tub
I felt so patronised yet I knew it was a skill
A skill I wasn't sure I had but I attempted none the less
As the clock ticked on I smeared the paint across the page
Red, yellow, purple, blue, green and every other colour I had
Five hours seems like a long time until you are given such a task
As the day passed by with me in that plastic chair I realised the truth
This wasn't a test of skill; this wasn't a test of talent...
This was a test of perseverance and one I wasn't going to lose
A single stroke of my brush felt like an eternity
But only two minutes had passed
Eventually, tired and cranky I gave in to the painting
I had forty-five minutes left but I couldn't do anymore
As I watched the paint solidify & smudged some charcoal I decided to leave
This was the end
I received another gormless look from the man in the pink shirt as I left
I don't know how I have done
I wont know for a few months
But I know in my head that I tried my best
And that I didn't lose to The Exam

(Inspired by my Art exam today)

I never said you were bad because you were new oldmanfunk. I'm just pointing out that you haven't done anything of any quantity or quality on this forum yet you are knocking my work using swearing...That's not only immature but you hardly have a right to insult my work when you have nothing better posted. As for you phuzzy I hope you had fun coming into my topic simply to insult it for no apparent reason, I think it's great that you don't have the guts to say any of that to my face but feel secure enough to do it online. Oh well, I'll stop posting to you guys now. I wouldn't want to be argumentative now.

We havent been doing everything in our powers to avoid you, its been very easy. But leave phuzzums out of it, he wants no part in it.

No, I honestly think it's not a very good post. I've nothing else to say to you.

So theres really no point.

It's easy enough for you to knock me online isn't it? It may not be great but if that's how I choose to show my feelings I am entitled to it. You can post your opinions but I just think it's quite ironic that after doing everything in your powers (Both Phuzzy and Oldmanfunk) to avoid me for the past few months that you feel at ease to come online and start moaning and insulting me. Do it to my face if you are going to do it at all.

Cubist wrote:
> explicative

That would be 'expletive'

Just because I'm new doesnt make me a n00b. A n00b is someone with no experience in something, I have plenty experience in
A: English
B: Forums
C: Mine or your level of (im)maturity

I must add I didn't think the poem was that great either..

If you wanted to let your feeling out about, erm, an art exam, I think the best way to have done it would be one that didn't involve poetry.

Maybe.

Shut up oldmanfunk. You're just a n00b who's posted nothing of any substance or quality. Your explicative just make you look more immature than I already know you can be.

I know it doesn't rhyme or look like an average poem but I just let my fingers type fluently as all my opinions of my art exam appeared. It may not be good but that was how I felt.

Pretty... well crap.