My wrist is getting heavy
How long now have I sat here staring?
I was supposed to be reading
And I'm sure to an outsider that's how it must have seemed
Instead,
the open pages were sunbathing
My right pointer holding one as if to turn it
For, possibly, the past hour
Frozen, but time wasn't
And I had wasted some
Something had triggered something
And just like that
My mind was gone
The rays were burning words
Just like words can burn a heart
It surely wasn't the author's fault
It's been happening to me quite a lot
For, possibly, the past thirty years