Encroachments: Useful Distractions

Encroachments: Useful Distractions

Off again
Into muscle tension
And Fibro-pain
In shoulders, neck and chest;

My arthritis too
Is kicking up a fuss
And the top of my head
Feels like it’s being pressed!

But my attention
Does not stay,
In any one place
For too long;

As a result
I redistribute the stress
And do my best
To let it all go.

Bringing my focus
To my pen,
I hear the phone ring
And stop to pick it up then,

But there’s no one on the line
And so, I put the receiver down
And continue
With what I’m writing;

And between these two distractions
I forget about the pain,
Gratefully carrying on
Until interrupted by a colleague;

And then
After answering his question,
Another pops in
But when that interaction ends
I return to working once again.