The clucking of chickens

The mooing of cows

What wakes me up

Is what puts me down

 

It's hard to wake up

when the sun isn't out,

But the countdown to the school bus

is what my life is about

 

I'd hate to be a whiner,

enough of the complaining,

There's a lot of positivity

that I need to be explaining

 

Because life isn't life without

the music that is made,

there are songs to be sung

and prayers to be prayed

 

Books with pages

filled with stories of afar,

Dark foggy nights with

constellations and a star

 

Pies of pumpkin, apple, and chocolate

Varieties of food you can't fit in your pocket

Books to be reading, minds to be feeding, limits and status quos to be exceeding

Good grades, art grenades, that travel past years and decades, I'm not a jack of all trades,

But I choose to be happy through restless work, Passing time by writing rhymes keep me from going berserk

 

But for now, I awake by a cow for a bus

 

Anxiety and stress is a lonely road

I must go to a place I know not what beholds

To wake up and make smiley crinkles appear, I travel a path I have always feared, I stay clear, avoid tears, and even when I have a bad day

I still jeer

 

But for now, I awake by a cow for a bus

 

Life isn't about the humdrum routine

As a teen, I keep my mind clean, at seventeen, I must not be philistine

Because even when the weight crushes down upon my chest

even when the ropes tighten around my heart

I know I must climb and climb, Become divine, Be my own mastermind, Continue on this gradual incline

 

Because though I've got anger and sorrow and stress

I also have dreams I have to impress

I've got a family of mine that helps with success

Problems and passions that need to be addressed

 

Yeah, there are dry and sad old days in Arizona

Ones where I've got to keep up an ecstatic persona

Climb out of the whale like Jonah

But I've got to work for my dreams and fantasies, Keep my sanity with a lack of vanity, never speak a word of profanity, And keep my family right beside me, Stay strong in my Christianity, No matter the question of humanity

 

While my intentions must never be superfluous

My happiness will be left to discuss for all of us, But for now I awake to a cow for a bus

 

The relentless clock going off

I never awake and scoff

Because I know the payoff will be a great tradeoff

no matter the cost

So I get my persistence across

And for now I awake by a cow for a bus