Every day is the same long day,282Please respect copyright.PENANABb2zmIWQNR
Where getting up seems impossible282Please respect copyright.PENANAK5NTOUCMM3
When in your bed, you could lie,282Please respect copyright.PENANA1B3B5N6vJd
But instead, you push yourself up, thinking:282Please respect copyright.PENANATOFe3ctBAe
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'Skipping breakfast282Please respect copyright.PENANAMZOwi14Y01
Straight to school282Please respect copyright.PENANA0UDKwYHvbz
Same old routine282Please respect copyright.PENANA8eTfuCxWMi
Bumbling like a fool.'282Please respect copyright.PENANA9T2xpWIerK
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The long day seems to last forever as you drag your feet282Please respect copyright.PENANAdOvEln0i3W
From class to class and task to task.282Please respect copyright.PENANA2whtPGgYDI
You see yourself in the mirror and wonder aloud,282Please respect copyright.PENANAnayG7NSzAS
"Is this really me?"282Please respect copyright.PENANAxqsIyQdB3t
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Bags under the eyes,282Please respect copyright.PENANAyum3u5dEg7
Hunched in the back,282Please respect copyright.PENANAmV6DB6HPwd
Hair in frizzed curls282Please respect copyright.PENANAbhfxpTWYcx
and looking ten times as fat!282Please respect copyright.PENANAoCPFel1gxU
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'What has become of me?' you think with a forlorn expression.282Please respect copyright.PENANA6TKO6EbDEy
'Was it the all-nighters I pulled or working all the time?282Please respect copyright.PENANApUNJ6Vo1fS
Or is it another bout of depression282Please respect copyright.PENANA2Q8o9aLlMq
Messing with my mind?'282Please respect copyright.PENANAoXp0Xr3Xm8
282Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZrN9xycls
You get to work in the afternoon,282Please respect copyright.PENANACZlPBLsD9U
Already tired from the studying you do.282Please respect copyright.PENANApGWjoHvngn
You feel as if no one understands you282Please respect copyright.PENANAZB1fJlmAu8
Especially the way people brush over your hurts282Please respect copyright.PENANA5adJA6Dn70
Making life more challenging to live through.282Please respect copyright.PENANA79iXPXjEKO
282Please respect copyright.PENANADvWhX3FcXn
Back and forth you walk,282Please respect copyright.PENANAXjgxHUSu8I
Across the restaurant.282Please respect copyright.PENANA8SKHugpBtM
Your whole body hurts,282Please respect copyright.PENANA8JGgNe2tVO
And your brain is starting to rot.282Please respect copyright.PENANANmY7JsAuVd
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But you persevere, surviving all the way282Please respect copyright.PENANAeyWTV1Ehxa
Going home to your bed282Please respect copyright.PENANApcB7qhyAhV
Knowing that you survived282Please respect copyright.PENANAPVdcpB5m5I
Another extremely long day.282Please respect copyright.PENANAncVs12XCf5
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