Wednesday, August 20th,2008 Poem by Allysyn Bryant

3: 00 am
It’s three o’clock in the morning
I’m awake again
A recurring dream
Keeps me from sleep
I miss how things use to be
Things were nice and seemingly at peace
Ok…stop thinking…time to get more sleep

6: 45 am
Alarm clock goes off
Comb a brush through my hair
Then start to stare
Staring at the clock, not seeing a thing
Almost dreading what the day could bring
Then my clock goes off with a ding
I’m running late, time to pick up the pace.

7: 55 am
Five minutes before class
And there I see, him looking at me
Flashing a brilliantly, white smile
With eyes bluer then the sky
As he walks towards me I see
That his boots looked worn
His shirt-collar, partly torn
I knew that he had been working
Extremely early this morning
Probably before the sun started rising
And even as he gives me a meaningful hug
My heart says that this could’ve been fate
And my mind says run before it’s too late


9: 00 am
That was way too close
It can’t happen again
Last three months,
I’ve done well without
I don’t need him…
I’m walking to second period
Math class. Normally not so bad.
I think I’m losing my touch.
I use to love math; I need a break
There’s one of my old friends
She use to be one of my best friends
Now she’s not even close
She was a good friend
Until she blamed me for her drama
That’s when we started to fight
Yet in the end no one won
We both lost our best friends

10: 05 am
There he is again.
He’s walking towards me.
Part of me wants to run into his arms
The other wants to turn and escape him
I look away, pretend I didn’t see
The look he gave as he walked towards me…

11: 30 am
Day’s only half over
I bend down and pick a clover
Something tells me it’s going to be a long year
There’s a bee buzzing around my ear
People have been sincere
Their afraid I’m going to break down in tears.
I’m okay I say
Truly I’m just waiting for the end of the day.


12: 30 pm
Lunch is almost over; I haven’t eaten a bite
Although I’m trying with all my might…
I don’t know what’s wrong with me
I don’t want to be here
I want to sail out to the sea…

1: 40pm
Okay only one more hour
Then I wanna run home and take a shower
To wash away this day, hopefully with it, all the pain
I use to love school, not any longer, it's a shame
It's all the drama that's to blame
Some of it mine, I know, but not all
And it's the others' problems, that make me fall
Little by little each day
I always end up wiping a tear away...

2: 40pm
School's out, I'm free to go
But there at my exit he is, my pace is now slow...
My heart faster beats making my blood flow
I try to go around, he won't let me by
I stand straight and look him in the eye
He's neither smiling nor frowning
But scowling...

10: 30pm
I'm now home, thinking over the day's events
Listen to my sister calling Sprint©
They messed up our phone plan again
I look out my bedroom window, and down the street
How easily it would be to break free....
But where would I go?
That's the only reason I haven't gone
I brush my hair out, it has gotten long.

11: 45pm
Well fifteen til Thursday
Guess I should go to sleep
And hope I dont dream.