Feeling like a hamster
Running around on a wheel
No off button
I cannot get off
Because as soon as I do
I'm pushed back

Again something is wrong
I missed something
No matter how hard I try
I just simply can't
Get out of my own head

In group
I explained how
Dejected
Frustrated
And defeated
I felt

They made me realize
That the only thing
I could do was my very best
Even when it seems not good enough

Quantitative courses
Have always been my Achilles heel
I know that the perfectionist
In me
Is like the devil on my shoulder

Whispering
Must be better
Must do better
Otherwise it's all for naught

But that's not true
Yes I have the highest grades
I've ever had
That doesn't mean
I will always
Understand everything

Few people
Understand
Everything
All the time
It is important to remember that

Because in order to
Get out of my own head
I must understand
I'm here to learn

And sometimes
It'll be very difficult
But pushing onward
Inching forward
Is key

I must escape
My own mental prison
Through hard work
And continuing to
Just be me

I think I can
I think I can
I know I can
And
I will