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Reality Check

July 21, 2023
By ellaelizac BRONZE, Cincinnati, Ohio
ellaelizac BRONZE, Cincinnati, Ohio
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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


The author's comments:

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! :)


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