not me

She smiles even though she has

A 1000 word essay due at midnight

Like the baffling reality doesn’t bother her

Simply enjoying the dawdling time

Breezing through it

Confident and unshaken

She doesn’t break down under stress

At least once a month

No no no

She is eternally motivated

Not worried about finding inspiration

Taking life as it comes

Her hair never loses its bounce

And neither does her gait

She only bites off as much as she can chew

Balancing everything so well

The pile of unread books in her room

Simply remains a pile

Unread forever

She paints because she feels like it

Navigating the canvas

Not with a map but with her feelings

Allowing the colour to happily spill beyond the lines

Her mind is sometimes blank

Pure, painless and perfect