By O. Deng, TIWP Student

“I sleep. I dream. I make up things that I would never say.” — Richard Siken

I sleep. I dream. I make up things that I would never say. I do things I would never do. Like giving that boy way more attention than I should. Like giving up on school even though we aren’t even halfway through the year. Like scrolling on TikTok for hours on end. Like wanting to quit extracurriculars and things I’ve been doing for years. At the end of the day does it really matter? Does it really matter if I fail that chemistry test? Does it really matter if I’m failing art? Yeah, it does actually. But does it matter if he doesn’t text me? No. So maybe I should start caring about things that are actually slightly more important than others. Actually, I just want to go to sleep and dream about having a fun life.