The Burn

His eyes burned. Unwilling to sleep, there was too much left to be done. There were chores left unattended for way too long. But it had been twenty hours since he had any rest. Ten pound weights hung from his eyelids and his head started to bob. At ten past midnight his mind gave in, having no more energy left, and his head slumped onto the desk. He woke up eleven hours later with crick in his neck.