Narcolepsy

It was just a funny word,

One that brought to mind-

Pictures of old men

passing out in their rockers.

That was before

I started getting tired.

That was before

I found myself 

falling sleep in every single
one of my classes.

Then came the confusion

and frustration

of not being who I once was,

not caring about

anything other than sleep.

Which started-
A quest to answer 

"What is wrong with me?"

That fateful afternoon

with the sun drenching the world

I sat in an office,

and waited for the diagnosis;
except I already knew

I have Narcolepsy.