Every day is the same long day,239Please respect copyright.PENANAp2YfgNf42v
Where getting up seems impossible239Please respect copyright.PENANAApzUSlkbzA
When in your bed, you could lie,239Please respect copyright.PENANAjH0vC4xzC8
But instead, you push yourself up, thinking:239Please respect copyright.PENANAPVGsMroPYi
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'Skipping breakfast239Please respect copyright.PENANAFcfD9AGfmu
Straight to school239Please respect copyright.PENANAmBsoLwf5Av
Same old routine239Please respect copyright.PENANA7DTuX7Oh8f
Bumbling like a fool.'239Please respect copyright.PENANAxPXNjJeZGp
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The long day seems to last forever as you drag your feet239Please respect copyright.PENANAxUMqqdBdET
From class to class and task to task.239Please respect copyright.PENANAHiqp41GyUx
You see yourself in the mirror and wonder aloud,239Please respect copyright.PENANAgJZDBhNkil
"Is this really me?"239Please respect copyright.PENANA6f6YFkKQvs
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Bags under the eyes,239Please respect copyright.PENANAZUusRLHNDp
Hunched in the back,239Please respect copyright.PENANA708WW2bjmg
Hair in frizzed curls239Please respect copyright.PENANAqGTq1HR35f
and looking ten times as fat!239Please respect copyright.PENANAVMNYM27McH
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'What has become of me?' you think with a forlorn expression.239Please respect copyright.PENANAVypbZ2DA58
'Was it the all-nighters I pulled or working all the time?239Please respect copyright.PENANAIx3GMlichy
Or is it another bout of depression239Please respect copyright.PENANAsHVpaSGAUh
Messing with my mind?'239Please respect copyright.PENANAqJG3rJTRJl
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You get to work in the afternoon,239Please respect copyright.PENANAzYDzzNROLg
Already tired from the studying you do.239Please respect copyright.PENANAcxxc0cA7yW
You feel as if no one understands you239Please respect copyright.PENANAiMRI7aAOOi
Especially the way people brush over your hurts239Please respect copyright.PENANAYNpnUEOOHA
Making life more challenging to live through.239Please respect copyright.PENANAgm9VGzXOUj
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Back and forth you walk,239Please respect copyright.PENANA62RzOTk3fN
Across the restaurant.239Please respect copyright.PENANAs1bry7yZBG
Your whole body hurts,239Please respect copyright.PENANA5Rw6M8keeG
And your brain is starting to rot.239Please respect copyright.PENANATCNBQ2Stlx
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But you persevere, surviving all the way239Please respect copyright.PENANA0qIyLyLPRU
Going home to your bed239Please respect copyright.PENANAIOSgptutIg
Knowing that you survived239Please respect copyright.PENANAo5FktlazaK
Another extremely long day.239Please respect copyright.PENANADDDsLCQSZm
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