Dogs, Days, and Homework

A dog after a nap is like my mind when I learn.

Bouncing off the walls of my conscience.

Yelping, ears perked,

The world seems bigger when you open your eyes

Wide enough to hold it.

The world is the weight upon the shoulders of the sky.

It's that hunchback of cloud, so grey

That it meets the endless ocean

As if the water evaporates into

Misty abyss.

My mind evaporates into

The fog

When I learn too much in one day.

I go from four padding paws,

Trying to touch every bit of knowledge I can,

To a few worn-out feet.

My ears droop, full to the brim of information.

My nose tips down as I realize

A deadline

Is just another word

For disappointment.

Only the bait,

Encouraging me to reach out and touch it before 

The day gets a chance to say,

"That's all I have time for,

Do not try to add hours on

Or you could be up until tomorrow

Just trying,"

I am the dog who wakes up,

Sees the world from the window,

Collects his enthusiasm,

And then realizes he cannot

go outside.