Too many people,
too many cries for my attention-
Just STOP already.

I need sleep,
time for me
with no one else.
Please,
just leave me be.

But you can't,
can you?
I have to graduate,
and host family,
and attend a wedding,
and idiot younger friends are ignoring me.
So I can't just spend time reading,
sleeping, and packing
like I think I need.

So I'll press on.
I always do,
slipping around obstacles
like a particularly determined stream.
I'll sleep when I'm dead.