it makes the world around you pass by so fast

you hide from your responsibilities an promises because you're scared to find out what happens when you fail

you throw away connections with people you love because you can't bear to know what they'll think of you

you tell yourself, today's not the day, and swallow the happiness hand prescribed to you

but it's only temporary

tomorrow you'll have all the same doubts and worries, but the date's increased a digit

then the day morphes into a week, you blink and a month's gone by

you smile and think, what's one more month going to do

you're stuck to your bed as the weight of 5 months squeezes and wrings your neck

you don't go outside, you fear even the sun hates you

you can't go back now

you left them just as things were getting good

so you sit

and begin on another project you'll never finish