Every day is the same long day,426Please respect copyright.PENANApiTtcmfboQ
Where getting up seems impossible426Please respect copyright.PENANAYCtbLSsK6t
When in your bed, you could lie,426Please respect copyright.PENANApUa0JaL330
But instead, you push yourself up, thinking:426Please respect copyright.PENANAusTElnh5XS
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'Skipping breakfast426Please respect copyright.PENANAnlwnsDkYf5
Straight to school426Please respect copyright.PENANA858YTqqt28
Same old routine426Please respect copyright.PENANAUgsjzBAzR6
Bumbling like a fool.'426Please respect copyright.PENANACmwpBSyNoM
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The long day seems to last forever as you drag your feet426Please respect copyright.PENANAKAxHEkv9GZ
From class to class and task to task.426Please respect copyright.PENANAs2OYZH8FcD
You see yourself in the mirror and wonder aloud,426Please respect copyright.PENANAcNsH8icWil
"Is this really me?"426Please respect copyright.PENANAC6khpfCxpJ
426Please respect copyright.PENANABjXKyjzNJB
Bags under the eyes,426Please respect copyright.PENANAlUIPkyXjag
Hunched in the back,426Please respect copyright.PENANA2dk6L0W2Ry
Hair in frizzed curls426Please respect copyright.PENANAu3DVk5VoSy
and looking ten times as fat!426Please respect copyright.PENANABMoZqZjbTU
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'What has become of me?' you think with a forlorn expression.426Please respect copyright.PENANAmP5kHqzljc
'Was it the all-nighters I pulled or working all the time?426Please respect copyright.PENANATQiamqNG2s
Or is it another bout of depression426Please respect copyright.PENANAO26IcDP1xl
Messing with my mind?'426Please respect copyright.PENANA9wO43wVzWh
426Please respect copyright.PENANAq2z4ioBgvA
You get to work in the afternoon,426Please respect copyright.PENANA2TOQtwLVuR
Already tired from the studying you do.426Please respect copyright.PENANAnFuTPamxvE
You feel as if no one understands you426Please respect copyright.PENANAlB6Gab01Uz
Especially the way people brush over your hurts426Please respect copyright.PENANA6JM4WuuYCE
Making life more challenging to live through.426Please respect copyright.PENANA4kwcO7782Z
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Back and forth you walk,426Please respect copyright.PENANA0eVPy6VpmX
Across the restaurant.426Please respect copyright.PENANA7YOghdKlgc
Your whole body hurts,426Please respect copyright.PENANAQmy6gHMobD
And your brain is starting to rot.426Please respect copyright.PENANAr9SMgux22E
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But you persevere, surviving all the way426Please respect copyright.PENANAQnD3zPFYHa
Going home to your bed426Please respect copyright.PENANA24bsrhtNxF
Knowing that you survived426Please respect copyright.PENANAmE4hBJeVM7
Another extremely long day.426Please respect copyright.PENANA1XUnseYUCz
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