My Escapes Without You Poem by Wensday Wood

It’s late and I’m staying up
Just like I do every night being
On the internet and chatting
With those who keep me alive

You come in and demand me
To go to sleep now and be still
But I am not able to since I
Have the energy of life in me

You must think I’m a dog or
Something else to think I will
Bend at your every will but
I am not and I have my rights

I do nothing wrong and do
Everything you have ever told
Me yet you still critique me like
I’m not in two feet away from you

You shut the door expecting me
To do as what I'm told but here
Is a news flash for you if you
Haven’t exactly gotten it yet

I like to stay up late and even when
You’re not looking I doing stuff I'm
Not suppose to but I don't really care
Since this is my life and I plan to live

I sleep all afternoon and wake up in the
Cold nights alone in the dark to turn on
One of my only escapes and live till the
Sun comes up where I do your bidding again

You turn off your own computer from
The basement and head up to the main
Floor where you check if every door is
Locked before going upstairs to your own room

I sit down here patiently wait before I
Rush back on to my escape and do as I
Please all night while you slumber
Peacefully next to the one you love

I don't care if you tell me I
Must go to sleep when you say
It doesn't work for me that way
I do as I please during the night

A few hours later I shut it down
After all the freedom I’ve had and
Silently make my way to my own
Dream land on my cozy bed

There I also escape in to a fantasy land
Created by me the way I want it to be
No one telling me what I can and can't do
Letting my imagination run wild and free

Before long I hear a ringing noise
And everything just disappears
I shift and turn off the alarm that
Disrupts one of my only escapes

I get up and become little miss
Perfect for you to see and do
As you want but don't tell
Me what to do at night

I do as I please with no instructions
From no one or anything
I go places I like to go and do
What I feel like doing

These escapes I take are needed
And no one can take them away from me
No matter what you say I will be up doing
As I please just because I can