Numbers spell out the date.

Dates used for deadlines, or else dead.

So no time to idle, no time to waste, no time to wait.

Wait for those special moments.

Moments in 2 0 1 6.

 

2 

tears grace my face

as caps fly to space

S P A C E filling with warmth.

Hugs from My 3 best friend's in high school.

3 buzzes. Warmth from my side pocket.

Slide. Swipe. To the right. More tears cloud my sight.

My 2 elementary school friends

And My 1 cousin send:

"Congratulations on graduation :)"

 

0

knowledge of the brave, new world I was hurled into.

Into the D

              E

              P

              T

              H

              S

of grades and classes.

Praying to anything to hlep me pass this.

Biology, my major, majorly drains my life.

Theories thrash mind; equations equate no sleep; number numb me.

0 = my emotions's state

0 = my mind's sate

0 = my health's state

I never realized...

that 0 had so much weight. Especially on the... 

 

1

me.

 

6

buzzes. Warmth from my side pocket.

Groggily open eye socket.

Swipe. Slide. To the right.

My 3 high school friends, My 2 elementary friends, and My one cousin type:

"Are you ok?"

"Take a break."

"The numbers can wait."