I had a thought, or thought I had a thought
It drifted around my mind but would not be caught.
Instead it hid away from my enquiring eye,
And every time I reached out to grasp it,
It passed me by.
I thought it was important, a relevant fact
That would add some depth to the conversation, and that
I would be considered a person of substance you see
If I could just surprise everyone with a titbit that was not about me.
But it just wouldn’t come. No. It stayed rattling my brain
Upsetting my composure so much that I had to feign
A headache, of all things, and being out of sorts,
It’s so unlike myself to be so far from my thoughts.
But there it is, I was left without closure
And had to regroup myself to regain my composure
I was left with no choice. So to not to raise any alarm
I kept the attention on me, just to keep calm.