Routine

Regular as clockwork
Alarm bell rings
Dragged from the peace
That slumbering brings

Shower then shave
Choose and iron a shirt
Make sandwiches while radio plays
But pass on a dessert

Forget the blues, polish your shoes
Grab keys and shut the door
It's gotta be done, school/work run
Enjoy or just endure

Morning passes somehow
In a blur, my be a blink
Conversations merge endlessly
Have no time to think

Brunch, lunch
Is there a chance to pause
Feel oppressed, no time to rest
Or soak in a good cause

Afternoon drags so slowly
Clock hands stuck again
Home time laughs in your face
Taking your name in vain

But somehow it's comforting
The endless endless days
Everything repeated
In the same old same old ways

Sometimes it's excruciating
Seemingly without end
You'll never understand it
Or the dullness comprehend

If you choose fight or flight
Just don't make a scene
Your time will come, when you'll become
Captured by routine