Effect

It's inevitable that I'm sleeping
Walking through life half-awake
Half-assed and half-baked
Boredom is just an excuse for my insides to shutdown
So it school
My eyes are open, but look closer
Brown, green, yellow, and cloudy
Never empty but never clear
Wafting through a dream
Bright images flash across the screen
I have to keep up with the rest or I'll get left behind
Shiny objects tantalize my sleeping mind
Like a three year-old witnessing a burning building
Ashes exploding into the night sky
Black specks replacing white crystals
Images that never leave the mind
Penetrated while we're developing
To sleep or be awake depends on this
Beauty thrives off of adolescence
And shines ever brighter off of the shattered