once upon a time,
when the sun shined a bit brighter,
i heard the birds chirp in the morning
when i was awake before ten am.

the following weekday,
my mom smiled at me, as she sent me off to school without a fight
i arrived at school with a smile, greeted by 'friends'
'hey! how are you!'
'can i copy your homework?'
'lets get breakfast!'

however now,
i'm awoke to shouting, 'wake up, wake up!, you've been asleep all day'
so i follow that comment, and sleep for another hour, what do i have to miss?
half the day is gone, no point in making it up

the week day brings, 'time for school!'
forced in the shower, 'you've got an hour to the bus comes!'
handed a cup of coffee after being dressed, and shipped off to school
'i'll see you after school!'
despite pleas of staying home, there's no point in fighting anyway.

no more chirping birds
no more bright smiles
no more happy child,
you're a teenager now.

a **** sad one, at that.