Student writing

Back in Time

Eshana · 7 June 2024

As I opened my eyes, I saw that my room was messed up. I remember cleaning it yesterday, I thought it was my cat and started cleaning it again. I was wearing the same nightgowns as yesterday morning.

I freshened up and ate my breakfast. As I kept the nightgown in the laundry, I remembered that I had to go to work. I felt something wrong because I had worn the same clothes as I did yesterday to go to work, but I ignored it, I thought that I was mistaken. In my office, I opened my laptop. The program I had done yesterday was somehow deleted. After taking a lot of time, I did the program again and returned home late. I skipped dinner as I was not hungry, changed my clothes into night garments, kept them in the laundry basket, and slept.

I woke up to the alarm on my phone. I got out of bed and noticed that something was wrong. My room was messed up again. This time, I didn’t think that it was my cat. I looked at my nightwear. It was the same garment that I kept for laundry yesterday morning. With a shaky hand, I looked at my cabinet and found out that the clothes that I changed after my work were there. My brain insisted that I look at the date. The date was May 16, which was the day before yesterday. Now I realised that I was trapped in a loop.

With no hope, I also realised that I wouldn’t get old and have to live like this for eternity. Time is scary, it’s manipulating me.

- Eshana (644)

The wording above is the student’s, including the original spelling and punctuation.