imagine waking
in a room where everything is neat
stacks of books. drawers of clothes
folded
and you get out of bed
make it behind you
tuck your warmth into the sheets
and stare into mirror
but you do not see your whole face
there are rituals
so many you are not sure how you remember them
rules
mental notes
assignments
and its time consuming
almost obsessive compulsive
except mostly, it makes sense
you need this
its so important to wake up this early
otherwise, you will have to rush
you will forget to keep your head down
and someone at scool will look you in the eye
and there will be something from last year that catches you off guard
and for the rest of the day you will feel alone and afraid
home is easy
mostly, you are alone
there is always somebody else's life to watch
always somebody else's words to sing, somebody else's story to read
you are unoriginal and that bothers you
the streaming helps you not think about it
everybody knows that AP tests are important
studying is a must, especially for statistics
there is adderall in your room, left over from a former fling and a girl who used to care
you take one
watch more tv
while it kicks in, for the first hour, you feel fabulous
weightless
stat will be easy
your boyfriend is coming home
everything is finally falling into place
you take out your notes, pages and pages
hours really
thats the best way to quantify it
hours of your life being poured into these numbers, made up facts and people
if Jamie studies for 12 hours and the mean amount of studying is 11 hours with a standard deviation of 3.5, what studying percentile is Jamie in?
and the thing is, you know the answer
you remember how to set up the sampling proportion and distribution
you click on the right answer and it lights up but all you feel is a nagging disappointment that your brain has not found something better to cover such information up with
you have a system
you do online chapter tests 1-11 until it is time for dinner
"come set the table", they yell, right in the middle of a problem
it takes a while, but eventually you go
you are angry for being interupted and it shows
you try not to say much, but bits and pieces spill out
six hours of your afternoon have gone into stat, but its still not done
the adderall has worn off
and all the little pieces of what used to be a person are starting to click inside you
you realize you don't want to study
you don't like what it makes you do
you realize that you deserve to have that freedom
as nice is it is to be safe and organized, sometimes its debilitating
heartbreaking
condensing
to shut out every little want that pops into your head
and then suddenly, they start exploding
you want to watch tv
you want to leave the dinner table
you want to move away
you want to start over
you want to be more reckless
you want an interesting experience
you want absolution
determinination.spirit.soul
the sparks of desire ignite together and spin around your fog cloud
wait
its more than desire
its an answer
that question you kept asking, what was it again?
what do you believe in?
i believe what i choose for myself is important
what do you mean by that?
i believe that my time here can be wasted. and i am sick of wasting time
thats not enough
I know its not. I need more.
so give it. take it.
I believe that even though i am so small and invisible compared to the world, i need to create somethings that matter. I want to create. I am sick of only absorbing. I want to be a real person. I want to love things. I want to hurt things. I want to change things.
so change.
it's not that easy
who said it had to be?
nobady. It doesnt have to be. bravery is hard, even when it doesnt seem like much
comparatively, you mean?
yea. I know just believing that my time matters isnt the same as fighting a war, but for now it is my war. i can't keep writing about having nothing to write about. if there are no terribleawful things, then i'll make do with just action. i refuse to remain stagnant. i am no longer faded
so when do you start making your life amazing?
I don't know
you don't know?
no. I...I feel scared again. maybe i should study more. it's getting late
You're better than this, you know. You don't need a mask
I'm sorry
Don't appologize
but i'm sorry. i feel like I'm letting you down
who?
you
but I am you. there's no glass in words
oh...that's right.I forget you couldn't save me
No. So why don't you try to save yourself?
Okay. I can try. I'm sorry, but for now its really the best i can do
don't let me get me
- May 04, 2010
- serenity23
- 3 Comments
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