Letters and Numbers

---Composed before music AS (note to non-Brits:that's an exam for 17yr olds) performance---

The time has come, the hour is near,
It's time to put aside my fear.
What happens now will change my life.

It's sad it all comes down to this,
a chasm between grief and bliss.
A piece of paper holds my fate.

I'm more than just an answer book
but those that count don't want to look.
Only the letters count.

And if I don't get what I want?
What then?
I hope I'll never know.