SoCS 2-7-26

I don’t think I like this chapter

The pages I try to read

The words come too fast

Stop this turning, I plead

But they keep rolling

The story’s on repeat

I try to stop it, digging in my feet

It has my jacket

Pulling at the seams

The book is out of control

Tearing at the dreams

Women, men and children

Falling left and right

Put it back on the shelf

Even in a novel, a terrible sight

I close the ugly tome

I need a fairytale

To remind myself

There is a dream, even a fantasy

That will come true in the end

Until the chapters are rewritten

No reading time I’ll spend.

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The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Feb. 7, 2026