Open Your Eyes, Time to Rise

Open my eyes, stretch, and yawn

Stumble out of bed, cursing the dawn

Brush my teeth, brush my hair

Wash my face…and here…and there

Scour through my closet to find some clothes

Then change four times from which I chose

A glass of water, a protein bar

Every morning (is this bizarre?)

Sometimes I run to the store or bank

And get some gas inside my tank

Back home to write and listen to tunes

That’s how I spend my afternoons

In the evening I teach a class

And try hard not to be a smart ass

On the way home, I stop at the gym

That’s how I stay fit and trim

Home once again, this time to stay

After quite a hectic, busy day

Sit down at my desk and begin to write

For countless hours until it is night