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Reality Check
As I sit here now and read
I really start to think
It this what it will feel like
The idea of staying up late to finish work
That feeling of working for a change
That feeling of studying that i’ve alway dreamed of
But is that what I want
Reality check
As I sit here and edit
I really start to wonder
Is this how my time will be spent
On a computer into the night
The feeling of stressing for a change
The feeling of a deadline that I’ve always dreamed of
But is that what I want
Reality check
But as I sit here and take this time
I feel very relaxed and at ease
I have time to myself I always see
It but never really take it
Like its dangling over me like a cat toy
But jerks away before i can really get a hold of a
Reality check
Reality check to breathe
Reality check to sit and see
That I like this new me
I think I’ll watch the fireworks more
Really take in this reality check
That lies before me
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My name is Ella and I am an upcoming freshman. Throughout my school years, getting good grades has always come so easy to me and I have never had that need to stay up late to finish work. I am finishing up attending the Ohio Writing Project writing camp at Miami University. We had to submit something at the end of the week and I had no clue what to do. So late Thursday night (it ended on Friday) I stayed up putting all my poems that I wrote that week together. When I finished I though I would write another poem to end it. So I wrote this poem about how this assignment really gave me my first taste of the feeling of a deadline. I've always wanted this feeling since like I mentioned I've never had it before. So I thought it was a good reality check, therefore I wrote about it! :)