The alarm sounds and I awaken;
First one eye opens, then the other.
I curse the alarm by which my slumber was taken,
And I peer down the hall to see my brother,
Tossing a towel from one arm to the other.
I then turn back over to slumber five minutes more.
When I awaken again I look to my stand,
I see there her picture; a tear falls to my hand.
I wish that she were here with me forever more.

I snap out of my daze and I go to the shower,
I dress and I've eaten and other odd things,
I now I have left about an hour
Before I need to leave to make it before the school bell rings.
So I sit down to begin my daily routine
Of sitting transfixed before my computer screen.
I dial the modem and check my E-mail,
I hang up the modem and begin working
On my life of programming, hoping to make a living
Some day, and have job that from which I may tell tales.