TIME
by Alayah Collins
You tend to waste unwanted time.
On things that you don't even get to buy.
Things that are just a dream.
Seems almost impossible to achieve.
You spend your wasted years
On bottled beers
And waste it on average careers
To only end up here
You tell me about your life
And how you wish you loved your wife
And how it cuts deeply like a knife
To know that you only married her so she can be your housewife
As you gasp for air
You began to glare
And try to pray that prayer
But you can't bear
You tell me how you wish
Instead of telling me you missed
The real potential
You did not think was essential
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Alaya Collins is a student at Tuskegee University. A junior Biology major from Ellicott City, Maryland, she aspires to become a surgical oncologist and open her own oncological pharmaceutical company to advance cancer treatments.