Every day is the same long day,144Please respect copyright.PENANAsR4d4ZGeDY
Where getting up seems impossible144Please respect copyright.PENANAAZBhYFaUcK
When in your bed, you could lie,144Please respect copyright.PENANAjsd2MvUJ85
But instead, you push yourself up, thinking:144Please respect copyright.PENANAsW8pJPxbKe
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'Skipping breakfast144Please respect copyright.PENANAwJVo5F4awZ
Straight to school144Please respect copyright.PENANAkQVNf8Nz93
Same old routine144Please respect copyright.PENANAhD6PXuek1S
Bumbling like a fool.'144Please respect copyright.PENANAzgtNeJ1cKt
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The long day seems to last forever as you drag your feet144Please respect copyright.PENANAefv6RmBEqu
From class to class and task to task.144Please respect copyright.PENANALnqUZoQwAL
You see yourself in the mirror and wonder aloud,144Please respect copyright.PENANArC2aixhOjj
"Is this really me?"144Please respect copyright.PENANAwdDDoLHBPs
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Bags under the eyes,144Please respect copyright.PENANAZBQpIfj5P9
Hunched in the back,144Please respect copyright.PENANAUpBBWoFqDJ
Hair in frizzed curls144Please respect copyright.PENANASwmnly5mmK
and looking ten times as fat!144Please respect copyright.PENANAANxo9XJdGw
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'What has become of me?' you think with a forlorn expression.144Please respect copyright.PENANA3oO6pqIiyX
'Was it the all-nighters I pulled or working all the time?144Please respect copyright.PENANAxQzTgT3m48
Or is it another bout of depression144Please respect copyright.PENANAchuqGLkRrj
Messing with my mind?'144Please respect copyright.PENANA8AFMzrkFJa
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You get to work in the afternoon,144Please respect copyright.PENANAd3MrQVzSdK
Already tired from the studying you do.144Please respect copyright.PENANAzhiVmrzVZe
You feel as if no one understands you144Please respect copyright.PENANAKIpQ5pm50d
Especially the way people brush over your hurts144Please respect copyright.PENANAMoHQujwjJK
Making life more challenging to live through.144Please respect copyright.PENANAXaFRTHVyHt
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Back and forth you walk,144Please respect copyright.PENANAT0Zl4YO0rD
Across the restaurant.144Please respect copyright.PENANAroCJygSTl7
Your whole body hurts,144Please respect copyright.PENANAl8KpWAVGXT
And your brain is starting to rot.144Please respect copyright.PENANADINkL0d7Fj
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But you persevere, surviving all the way144Please respect copyright.PENANAm9WNBMQ6U5
Going home to your bed144Please respect copyright.PENANAdVYyFKoYub
Knowing that you survived144Please respect copyright.PENANAg4G9dCYmm5
Another extremely long day.144Please respect copyright.PENANAI8OtgEH2vW
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