A Week Ago

 I was tired.

I was tired of being around people and I wanted to go home.

I wanted to be alone, 

be in a state of mind.

I wanted to turn my brain off,

ignore all the stress,

and put behind me what was instead in front of me.

I needed a hug,

someone by my side.

Instead, I sat up alone in bed

and popped a melatonin pill instead.

-Emma Lancaster