I awake 3 am.
The train sails by
in midnight skys
But the tracks far below
On the chosen road.

I awake 3 am.
The world spins
It twirls the winds
we never feel
the real.

I awake 3 am
The world is going so fast
Tomarow will be the past
in seconds
we fly.

I awake 3 am.
Do you know
7 year are wasted
waiting on trafic lights
and the like?

I awake 3 am.
My heads abuzz
my cat tugs
on blankets
and asks for food.

I awake 3 am.
I'm 17
yesterday
i was a pre-teen
now i don't feel like me.

I awake 3 am.
I think back
to when i was young
to when days
i hoped would come

I awake 3 am.
I want to sleep
But something is pulling me
away from my bed
and into the hall.

I awake 3 am.
Silence
no sounds
The world is dead
are you still living.

I awake 3 am.
Is this a dream
If so wake me up
i want to stay a kid
this stuff sucks.

I awake 3 am.
i turn over and go back to sleep
tomarow i have school
i'm 18
in a day.

I awake 3 am
but it's not
it's 6.30 am
time to get up
to go to work

I no longer wake at 3 am.
I'm 80
grey and old
my voice no longer sings
my rhymes have pings
my poems are nothing
words on paper
like birds feathers
are to janitors.
They don't mean anything
Just pain and memories
I no longer work
I'm in a nursing home.
My medicines are almost meels.
the pains come and go
but now i'm gone
no more waking up.
I'm done.




I awake 3 am.
2 days
till i'm 18
growing up
is so bold.

I awake 6.30 am
a note is on my bed
a pencil in my hand
"your wasting your life"
i smile and go to school.