Brain Fog

Today is the first day of NaPoWriMo 2023! I will be following along with this NaPoWriMo website as I write my poetry. Sometimes I will use their prompts, and sometimes I will find inspiration elsewhere. Today I followed the prompt to write a poem inspired by a book cover found here. I chose this book cover:

Jacques Futrelle. The Thinking Machine. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1907
 

Brain Fog
By Candace Shultz

My mind's in scrambles

Like scribblings on the wall,

A ball of yarn unraveled

And tangled on the floor.

I can't think clearly.

Fog has settled in.

My eyes just want to close.

Sleep sounds good.

I'll let the dark settle in

And cover the wall with ink,

Like a night sky with no stars.

It's still and quiet,

And peaceful within.