It’s 4 AM - I see - eyes wide open,
Thought wander round to where your mind has been,
Dry worn out sight pitch black no light,
Just to think of sleeping is a big fight,
And now it’s 8 AM - time for a test,
Take now your second to pray for the best,
’Twill be a shame to see my grade just go,
Your fault - you should have seen this coming - No?
The time is 12 at noon - it’s time to eat,
Down to the cafe - collapse into your seat,
Twenty-two minute- all I have- to rest,
No time- you should study for your next test!
I wish I could have got more sleep last night,
Well is it not your fault - now its your fight,
My war against the pillow in my room?
The fact of the matter is that you are doom[ed],
Found am I a lover - with sleep - star-crossed,
Like Romeo and Juliet - love lost,
Why can I not rest for one night right now,
WAKE UP! You have homework to do tonight!
Hold forth - but now - I think - that did not rhyme,
You know you are asleep and have no time…
My point is I am deprived of my time,
Oh and you say that my rhymes do not chime?
Throughout a day I lose sanity,
I assume that you always lose your way?
Each morning when I walk through that school door,
It makes you want to go home even more?
More so to get some rest than to get out,
The sleep is not what school is all about…
-- Jacob Dexter Coffey --