My best student he was

The one who understood

Comprehended all I taught

Or so I thought

However his exam

Handing it in he did not

The rest of my students nonetheless

Submitting theirs they did

And their confidence I attest

Always left me agaze

Because they could not

Beat all the expectation I had

In my best of them all

For that, an assumption it was

Do not choose them they said

My associates I meant

A good book they lamented

Might lack an appropriate cover

I guess the hearing aid

Still left that student my best

Giving my mates no regard

Back to that paper

The exam he submitted not

It pained me I bet

Thus the comparison I kept

Of a race made up

Where my head just messed

Left all the rest Chose to pick the third best

As the first would sweat

Cover the first and second place

Disenchanting it was For now the positions

That of the winning champ

As well as the runners-up

Had no one to take them up

Must be the jitters I guess

Got me thinking I might mess

Failed to put into record

The actual best of the best

I need to revisit

Give me time, give me space

Allowing the medals a new place

By letting in all the rest

Get to mark too their test

For my initial best

To the imaginary quest he did participate

No time for him left

To do and ace my test