Hello all!
This piece is based on personal experience, which taught me a lesson that I might have forgotten.
I sprang out of the bed that day, alarmed
that it was 8:32 am already
Half an hour late I was for waking up
and I had to get ready
I calculated how much time I was left with, quickly
It wasn't good news for me
IF I wanted to make it to work at 9:30, I had 13 minutes only.
I did my morning chores hastily,
as many as I could,
and left to find an auto swiftly.
On my way to the metro station,
I felt no strokes of loo but a pleasantly breezy weather, surprisingly.
I was a little sleepy, a bit grumpy, but yet happy
that I was at least gonna be on time, finally.
But destiny had planned something else for me.
While I was stepping out of the auto,
I felt a vibration in my phone.
I heard a continuous ring, which was familiar,
but it was not my ringtone.
As I pulled it out from my pocket,
as clumsily as I normally do,
I saw my 8 am alarm going off
asking me whether to "discard" it or put it "on snooze".
Suddenly I felt I was the protagonist
of a working person's nightmare,
that just came true !
Well guess what,
so I was, too!
Did I reach my workplace an hour early that day?
Yes, I did.
The time I'd have 'used' in sleeping
and then getting ready calmly
I was at work, yawning,
amazed by my stupidity!
But now I have learnt my lesson,
I check the time twice before leaving home.
I think I can say that
the sight of the 8 am alarm still haunts me!
This piece is based on personal experience, which taught me a lesson that I might have forgotten.
I sprang out of the bed that day, alarmed
that it was 8:32 am already
Half an hour late I was for waking up
and I had to get ready
I calculated how much time I was left with, quickly
It wasn't good news for me
IF I wanted to make it to work at 9:30, I had 13 minutes only.
I did my morning chores hastily,
as many as I could,
and left to find an auto swiftly.
On my way to the metro station,
I felt no strokes of loo but a pleasantly breezy weather, surprisingly.
I was a little sleepy, a bit grumpy, but yet happy
that I was at least gonna be on time, finally.
But destiny had planned something else for me.
While I was stepping out of the auto,
I felt a vibration in my phone.
I heard a continuous ring, which was familiar,
but it was not my ringtone.
As I pulled it out from my pocket,
as clumsily as I normally do,
I saw my 8 am alarm going off
asking me whether to "discard" it or put it "on snooze".
Suddenly I felt I was the protagonist
of a working person's nightmare,
that just came true !
Well guess what,
so I was, too!
Did I reach my workplace an hour early that day?
Yes, I did.
The time I'd have 'used' in sleeping
and then getting ready calmly
I was at work, yawning,
amazed by my stupidity!
But now I have learnt my lesson,
I check the time twice before leaving home.
I think I can say that
the sight of the 8 am alarm still haunts me!
