The Pyle Inside

I felt my head create a picture

when I lied in my bed

It showed a time when I was in school

when it was almost dismissal.

My teacher passed out the report cards,

The teacher gave the card to me.

I looked at it, and I jumped in terror.

I felt my heart pound,

and my breathing grows faster.

I look at others’ cards,

and they all got straight A’s.

I feel myself shrink in embarrassment,

and I would think: “My parents would kill me.”

Then the picture vanished,

and my eyes showed myself staring up at the ceiling,

while lying in my bed.