Do I Have To Get Up In The Morning? Poem by Claire Abbott

Do I have to get up in the morning?
To face another empty day.
There is nothing to do except clean up.
I don't want to do that. I am bored.
Do I have to get out of my bed?
Its nice and warm and cosy,
I am safe here, I like it.
And anyway all I will do is sit on the sofa.
Do I have to grow up?
I know I am 24 but I like to act 14,
pretend life hasnt caught up with me,
that I can ignore my mistakes.
Do I have to look in the mirror?
See a face I hardly know.
The hair wild and going grey,
the black eyes sagging with tiredness.
So do I really need to get up in the morning?
All another day will do is disappoint me