Repeat

By: Mckayla Maddox

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What if my alarm isn’t set? 

I could check.

I could double check.

Repeat. 

Wait, what if I forgot to submit an assignment?

I could make a list.

Check the list. 

Repeat. Again. 

What if my thoughts never stop?

I could count sheep. 

I could sleep. 

But I can’t so I lie in bed. 

Repeat. Every. Single. Night. 

What if it never ends?

What then?

I could breathe.

I could let it go.

But I've tried, and I can’t

So the cycle continues,

and all I hear in the back of my head…

Repeat.