My alarm is a merciless overlord

Much like whoever set the school schedule so I have to be up by six

The speed limit of my muscles is as infuriating as the one for the road

The consistent beep of my blinker going one click more than it should

Tells me I've waited too long to turn

I'll have to park in the back

Again

When taking a test, I'm always the first one done

People say I should take my time

But I never learned how

Some girls count calories

I'm the kind that counts seconds

And if you aren't worth my time

Don't expect me to spend it

It's my most valued currency

You'd think three classes a day couldn't possibly produce enough homework to keep me up until eleven

But it does

And you'd think I have time, since I had enough to write these words

But really they are scribbled in the margins of pages,

Time stolen from other things that can't possibly function without my complete and undivided attention

When did the days get shorter?

I remember a time when an hour was an eternity

And now an hour isn't long enough to fit in a single breath

There's so much to do

I'm being drawn and quartered in all possible directions

I'm a good multitasker, but enough is enough

I'm choking with tasks

Don't forget to get your sister

Don't forget to be social

Don't forget to sign up online

Don't forget to attend what you signed up for

Don't forget dinner

Don't forget to get a minimum of eight hours of sleep

Don't forget to do your makeup perfectly

And most important of all, don't forget to be the perfection your mask of makeup creates

But I'm not perfect

I don't have time to be

No one does

And now I understand that the real reason people say only children cry 

Is because adults don't have the time to

Time is fleeting

Spend yours carefully, because you can never get it back