Absentminded

I was gonna, honestly!

Sidetracked temporarily.

Wasted brain cells foolishly

Detract from what is meant to be.

 

Freakish how it’s there, then not,

Vapor vanished from the pot.

Apparitions cold and hot of

Things remembered, things forgot.

 

I’ll get to it. Write it down,

Every adjective and noun.

Planting feet on solid ground to

Stay alert to sight and sound.

 

Might just need a helpful hint,

A nudge until my mind is bent

Around the central element of

What it was, where it went.

 

Where’s the trick? The finger twine?

The one sure thing to help remind?

Hopeful that a cure I’ll find to

Remedy this absent mind.