PROLOGUE
He rushes into higher education amongst all his personal drama
Leaves behind the life he once had to escape his own trauma
With a new life to call his own, nobody recognizes his face
In this huge university, he believes he can take it all at his own pace
But what he does not know is that this was all a delusion
This escape from himself would only further cause more confusion
The lies he tells himself would only be the beginning
As more unaddressed trauma would only come out winning

ACT 1
His first semester started out with no flaw
A normal set of classes to challenge college’s gaping maw
But fate would see that his luck would not last forever
He crumbled again and again only to be faced with another endeavor
Spring semester brought in a whole slew of failure
“Freshman Forgiveness” pardoned his mishaps, but sent him home with “thoughts and prayers”

The second year came around and he cut his classes in half
In terms of credits he was still a freshman, so he knew he would take that “victory lap”
The smile he continued to fake was something just for show
Dying on the inside but fooling those outside with a false but radiant glow

The third year began, but he was only a sophomore
Self destruction would continue to shake his mental health to his core
For outside of academics, he still pursued community
But he knew deep down his former faith would only cause more disharmony
So he closed himself off from any new pursuits
Fell back to the comfortable and...