So tired, can’t work anymore
Won’t sleep… don’t want to
Can’t give up the time alone
But it is guilt-coloured and
Spent on a routine of TV and chips

Too tired for anything else
Too aware of the stolen time lost
(They don’t pay me enough for this)
Stress at home; stress at work
Both now are the same place

Home is where the stress is?
And TV
And chips
A vicious circle of exhaustion and time wasted
Wasted for them
Wasted by me

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Morning again
The cycle continues
Regret the chips
Berate myself that I’m an hour behind
Try to do positive affirmation
But vocalize instead a “What fresh horror awaits?”
Need to get organized — must be my fault
Hope to get on top before it swallows me whole

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Image #1 by Robert Karkowski from Pixabay

Image #2 by Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay

Image #3 by Jan Vašek from Pixabay (edited out the smile… sorry)

Image #4 by Pexels from Pixabay