...a page turner
a page turned...
(sigh)
scratched scalp
look out the window
from my seat.
And back to the book...
This is the fourth
or is it the fifth
time I've read this
un-giving text?
Look at the fire...
Feel the warmth
from its coals.
Think text...
The words...
will not make sense...
Why am I waking in the dark?
Words and foto by T Carroll
Fantastic snap shot - been there myself, too. I love how you've framed it with those opening and closing lines - inspired.
Hi Andy, thanks for the comment- the ending came as a shock to me-almost 'automotive'.
hi Jane, thank you for your comment. Crowding in- spot-on, thought are always crowding in, crowding in since I was 7.
hi Francine, you are correct re 'the mind' but the light source was a lamp in my bedroom. :o)
I enjoyed this, it made me smile: you are either waking in the dark because the book is not bad enough to cause complete stupor and you should change that book or there are thoughts crowding in , in which case I think there may be another poem on its way!
I know this feeling all too well...
You cannot stay focused because your mind is constantly running!
p.s. The photo looks like a shot from the top of a lit candle : )
excellent ending m8.. really enjoyed it.. andy
Hi Dave, Yours is high praise indeed. :o)
Hi Stella, you are correct in your 'wanting'. :o)
Hi Winston, All books-dysphasia-impatiences-candle glass over my bedroom lamp. :o)
Been there. Can't think of another poem which captures it so precisely.
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Sun 11th Dec 2011 01:14
I want to take this as sleepless night times and trying to read but reading the same stuff over and over..most probably because I am doing the same of late..orrr it could be something completely different as Win says..this can be interpreted in other ways too..which is a good thing! :o)
Hi Tommy. Lots to interpret in this. What book, Why 4 times, nature of the sigh etc but thats for the reader and an interesting pic too. Looks like the view down through a whisky tumbler into a fire. Win
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Tommy Carroll
Tue 13th Dec 2011 00:39
thank you Laura :o)