At one, the concept of a bed is not quite there yet, but comfort never leaves At three, one toddles into the sheets of their parents with no intention of sharing At five, one begins to dread getting up for school At seven, friends get one through the morning At nine, one still complains about waking up so early At eleven, minds begin to change At thirteen, one lays in bed during the morning in a cloud of self-consciousness At fifteen, one tosses and turns with thoughts of homework and that cute girl at lunch At seventeen, one stares at the popcorn ceiling contemplating the future, threads of some unknowable as heavy as lead intertwining the possibilities At nineteen, one can bend under the burdensome troubles and be sequestered to their comfort at home Or lift the hulking sheets, Atlas, and go on. Go on to the complex, enigmatic world and return when one is done.
There is so much life to live, and yet we have many reasons to stay in bed.