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For Choose A Feb 2025 Posted Poem Poetry Contest sponsored by Brian Strand

Password Denied

I woke up and forgot my password.
Everything seems back-assword.
It must be somewhere, but mislaid,
among a paper mountain, I'm afraid.
Something's really weird and strange.
Has my brain been rearranged?
As this odd feeling lingers,
I can't even feel my fingers,
and while my digits seem fat and numb,
they won't even oppose my thumb.
My vision's blurry and I feel weak.
When I open up my mouth to speak,
instead of meaningful words,
out flies butterflies and birds.
Even when I try to scream
like a kettle blowing steam,
there is not a single sound -
just a silence that's profound.
The sun looks more green than yellow,
and the ground is made of jello.
I'm not sure who I am.
Can you tell me my name?
I was someone when I went to bed.
Maybe, now I'm somebody else instead.
Am I gone?  Will I be missed?
Or do I not even exist?
I wish I knew where I reside -
once again, "Password Denied".
Consider this an SOS.
Please send help to my address.
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Mckeithan Avatar
February 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
LOL Dave. I know the feeling have been there. Nicely done
Crandall Avatar
February 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Thanks Oliver!
Rodrigues Avatar
February 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
LOL…and yet, not. My husband’s friend needed help with his passwords when his brain went wonky. Still, my husband joked with him: remember the money you owe me. So now we are richer…JK…we love these friends!
Crandall Avatar
February 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I like that expression, his brain went wonky. It happens more and more frequently - lol
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