I STAYED UP TOO EARLY

IN A BLOG FROM THE PAST I JUST REVIEWED

I SAID MY FAVORITE PAST TIME WAS HITTING THE SNOOZE

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I WOKE UP YESTERDAY MORN’

TO SEE THAT THROUGH MY CURTAINS THE SUNLIGHT HAD TORN

ALTHOUGH THIS TIME I WASN’T LATE FOR SCHOOL

I HAD A COMPETITION, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY COOL

OF COURSE I DIDN’T WANT TO MISS IT SO I RAN OUT OF BED

HOPPED IN THE SHOWER AND TURNED ON THE FAUCET HEAD

SOMEHOW I DIDN’T MISS IT ALTHOUGH IT WAS CLOSE

SO I FINISHED THE COMPETITION AND SAT THROUGH THE ENDING SHOWS

I FINALLY GOT HOME THOUGH IT FELT LIKE FOREVER

I DECIDED TO TAKE A NAP, WHICH NORMALLY I’D NEVER

I SET MY ALARM AT 4, TO WAKE UP IN A BIT

BUT IF YOU KNOW ME YOU KNOW THIS ISN’T HARD TO ADMIT

I SLEPT THROUGH THE ALARM AND TIME WENT ON

A FEW HOURS LATER I WOKE UP TO MY MOM

SHE ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO COME DOWN TO EAT

I TOLD HER ITS FINE, I JUST NEED SOME MORE SLEEP

SO ON I SLEPT UNTIL I WOKE UP ONCE MORE

I LOOKED OUT THE HALLWAY FROM MY BEDROOM DOOR

EVERYONE WAS ASLEEP, SO WHAT DID I DO?

I WENT BACK TO BED, WAS MY SLEEP SCHEDULE SCREWED?

I WOKE UP ONCE MORE, THIS TIME I DIDN’T GO BACK

I LOOKED AT MY PHONE, A BEACON WITHIN THE BLACK

I READ THE TIME AND I MY FACE BEGAN TO SOUR

I REALLY TOOK A NAP FOR 13 HOURS?!

SO IM WRITING THIS POEM AT 5:35

TO GIVE YOU ALL A TIP ON HOW TO SURVIVE

DON’T TAKE A NAP WITHOUT A COUPLE WAKE UP CALLS

OR YOU’LL DO WHAT I DID, AND THATS NOT GOOD YALL

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