National Poetry Month day 7

 Wish Days Away

i no longer want to wish days away

because i know that’s been bad for me

between the fantasizing 

and the daydreaming

that i know i’ll never stop doing

i don’t want to go through another dark season 

like that

again

but growing

takes having to understand

the dark

so next time 

i’m not going to hibernate my days gone

i’ll be awake for the process.