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There’s little alarm Brought on by my alarm Spitting its scream at 6:15. For a moment I was free From the trouble that is me Or is it the work that is never truly done? Nowadays it’s hard to tell. I should prepare for the day And break the cycle of dismay Get ready for what needs to be done, But I did my time Last night until 2:09 So I deserve ten more minutes of ignorant bliss. But the textbook by my head And the notebooks on my bed Remind me of what more I should’ve done An A on a test Is worth one less hour of rest But my brain had decayed to an catatonic state. 6:45 and I’m already behind Just with my first action of the day I break out of bed Pull a shirt over my head Try and fail to hide the circles beneath my eyes I need to succeed So I answer my own pleas For rest with empty replies, “Work harder, plan more, Get it done and just ignore That feeling of needing to stop For a few minutes To breathe And just finally Think of nothing.” Now it’s 7:15 I take my advil with caffeine Leave the house And do it all over again.
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Aug 14, 2019
Aug 14, 2019 at 8:37 PM UTC
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There’s little alarm Brought on by my alarm Spitting its scream at 6:15. For a moment I was free From the trouble that is me Or is it the work that is never truly done? Nowadays it’s hard to tell. I should prepare for the day And break the cycle of dismay Get ready for what needs to be done, But I did my time Last night until 2:09 So I deserve ten more minutes of ignorant bliss. But the textbook by my head And the notebooks on my bed Remind me of what more I should’ve done An A on a test Is worth one less hour of rest But my brain had decayed to an catatonic state. 6:45 and I’m already behind Just with my first action of the day I break out of bed Pull a shirt over my head Try and fail to hide the circles beneath my eyes I need to succeed So I answer my own pleas For rest with empty replies, “Work harder, plan more, Get it done and just ignore That feeling of needing to stop For a few minutes To breathe And just finally Think of nothing.” Now it’s 7:15 I take my advil with caffeine Leave the house And do it all over again.
#highschool#stress#student#tired#study
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emmapeterson
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Aug 14, 2019
Aug 14, 2019 at 8:37 PM UTC
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