I need to start studying for tomorrow’s quiz.
I care about my grades.
But I’m kind of hungry.
So I munch on chips,
My study guide collecting dust on my desk.
There’s a big project due in a few hours.
It stretches out before me like a battlefield riddled with mines.
A thought occurs: I’ve never seen my house on google maps.
So I play with google maps instead.
I can always do the project in the early hours of the dawn.
The most important test for this marking period is coming up
I won’t hold it off this time
But I’ve never learned how to draw a proper rose
So I draw instead
It’s 11:00 pm and I haven’t glanced at my notes.
I stay up all night studying.
I scrape by with a A-
My eyes burn from staring at the screen
My head aches, my eyes finally drained of tears.
The deadline ticks closer like a demented clock.
But I still don’t stop flipping through those Minecraft articles,
because I somehow always get everything done
I haven’t talked to my Aunt a few weeks
I should call her.
I know she misses me.
I’ll call her after I finish up this project.
I’ve been working for five hours straight.
I’m so tired.
I can always call her tomorrow.
I really will this time.
I really will.
My best friend is toxic
But I don’t know how to end things.
I’ll just figure it out tomorrow,
And endure her hurtful words for another day.
I should really work on fixing my health.
Eating better, exercising.
But that would take a lot of time.
I’ll work on it when summer starts.
Except summer started three weeks ago.
This cycle goes deep.
They call it a simple case of procrastination.
But it feels much worse.
It feels like it’s drowning me.
I can’t sleep, work is piling up.
I’m suffocating.
But I'll just fix it later.
I promise.
I care about my grades.
But I’m kind of hungry.
So I munch on chips,
My study guide collecting dust on my desk.
There’s a big project due in a few hours.
It stretches out before me like a battlefield riddled with mines.
A thought occurs: I’ve never seen my house on google maps.
So I play with google maps instead.
I can always do the project in the early hours of the dawn.
The most important test for this marking period is coming up
I won’t hold it off this time
But I’ve never learned how to draw a proper rose
So I draw instead
It’s 11:00 pm and I haven’t glanced at my notes.
I stay up all night studying.
I scrape by with a A-
My eyes burn from staring at the screen
My head aches, my eyes finally drained of tears.
The deadline ticks closer like a demented clock.
But I still don’t stop flipping through those Minecraft articles,
because I somehow always get everything done
I haven’t talked to my Aunt a few weeks
I should call her.
I know she misses me.
I’ll call her after I finish up this project.
I’ve been working for five hours straight.
I’m so tired.
I can always call her tomorrow.
I really will this time.
I really will.
My best friend is toxic
But I don’t know how to end things.
I’ll just figure it out tomorrow,
And endure her hurtful words for another day.
I should really work on fixing my health.
Eating better, exercising.
But that would take a lot of time.
I’ll work on it when summer starts.
Except summer started three weeks ago.
This cycle goes deep.
They call it a simple case of procrastination.
But it feels much worse.
It feels like it’s drowning me.
I can’t sleep, work is piling up.
I’m suffocating.
But I'll just fix it later.
I promise.
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