(Un)Pessimistic Motivation

I'm not a morning person.

I don't pretend to be.

I'm not an optimist, I always over think.

I don't pretend that the world will fall into place just for me.

It won't.

 

I don't have my life planned out.

I can't paint a picture of my future.

Sure, I have things I might like to do.

Sure, I have dreams. But do I reach for them?

In truth… not really.

They always get pushed to the side.

 

I'm not a morning person.

I don't pretend to be.

I'm not an optimist, I always over think.

I don't pretend that the world will fall into place just for me.

Why would it?

 

I'm too busy with school.

With homework, with tests, with college applications,

With keeping my numbers up;

I need to qualify myself. 

I need to do good in school to go to college.

I need to go college to have a good life.

 

I'm not a morning person.

I don't pretend to be.

I'm not an optimist, I always over think.

I don't pretend that the world will fall into place just for me.

It can’t.

 

Work to work,

To work more until I die.

Sometimes my life seems to revolve around that.

Boil down to just that.

Is that how my story will go?

Then why get up?

Why face the day?

 

I'm not a morning person.

I don't pretend to be.

I'm not an optimist. I always over think.

I don't pretend that the world will fall into place just for me.

Why should it?

 

So why do I get up?

The answer is easy...

Because I can.

Not everyone is as lucky as I.

I live a life many people would envy.

A life I, and many others, take for granted.

 

I'm not a morning person.

I don't pretend to be.

I'm not an optimist, I always over think.

I don't pretend that the world will fall into place just for me.

It doesn’t own me.

 

I wake up every morning with a roof above my head.

I fall asleep snuggled in blankets with a pillow on the bed.

I have a home with electricity and food in the fridge.

I have parents that cared for me longer than I can remember.

I have a sister who's always been on my side when I needed her.

I family that will always welcome me home.

 

I'm not a morning person.

I don't pretend to be.

I'm not an optimist, I always over think.

I don't pretend that the world will fall into place just for me.

I don’t need it to.

 

I get up because I'm free.

Free to write,

Free to draw,

Free to spend all my free time on YouTube, if I so choose.

I'm free to laugh,

Free to chase my dreams.

 

I'm not a morning person,

I don't pretend to be.

I'm not an optimist. I always over think.

I don't pretend the world will fall into place for me.

It won't.

 

Will I let that keep me down?

I won’t

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