5 More Minutes

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My 7:00 alarm rings for school.
However, I don't want to get up.
Not again.
Sleeping is more peaceful
Than functioning the whole day,
Holding back tears.
Begging myself to stay stone-faced,
Avoiding the gazes of others
So that nobody asks questions;
So that nobody suspects a thing.

Forcing a smile that shouldn't be there
Is the worst part.
Faking it 'till I make it is the worst part.

But telling myself "five more minutes"
Turns into more time, until
Wanting five more minutes
Turns into never wanting to wake up.

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