Trying to block out

The noise

The voices

The screaming

The crying

The threats

Filling the space around me

The panic

Filling my head

Gripping my entire body

Forcing me to freeze

A million things to do before tomorrow

How am I expected to accomplish anything

When this is the environment I'm trapped in?

But still,

Tomorrow's a new day.

Maybe I'll scrape by;

Maybe no one will notice

How unprepared I am.

I want this day to be over.

I want tomorrow to come quicker

So I can leave

And forget all this.

I hope for the certain,

Because certain can't disappoint me.

I rely on hope,

Because hope is the bridge between despair and joy.