“Lazy? No, Miss-Judged” by Jayne King

I am pleased to publish the below poem, “Lazy? No Miss-Judged”, by Jayne King. For Jayne’s poem, “Dreadfully Drained” please visit http://newauthoronline.com/2016/03/03/dreadfully-drained-by-jayne-king/.

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People think I’m lazy,
Sleeping until noon,
They don’t see my misery,
Making judgments, too soon.

They don’t know that I have been
Laying awake for hours.
Tossing as well as turning,
Underneath the covers.

Finally, as the world around starts waking,
My eyelids feel like lead,
Now, what I’...