tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854240.post-71476500149715267462007-11-11T14:46:00.001-05:002007-11-11T15:13:58.972-05:00I slept nine hours last night, but my eyes betray me. Big black circles. I have 86 terms to learn for an exam tomorrow. I know about 20. I have an assignment due on Tuesday. I am not yet 1/3rd done. I have a 12 page paper due on Thursday. I've written one paragraph. The stresses of a typical student, I guess. But instead of working, I find myself preoccupied with other thoughts. I revert to staring across the room. Here, in the library, rows of journals fill my view. Usually a calming environment, but I feel a fire in my belly. I'd rather be anywhere than here. Any country other than this one. It's been too long now since I left; the forces of school and work constraining my movement, controlling my time. I want to disappear again into that world of pure freedom where no one knows me and the ones that do have no idea where I am.Junicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929204407535913761noreply@blogger.com