Talking vs. Sitting

[Written several years ago.  I've gotten more practice since then.]

Sitting with myself inside my own book,

Reading off the list of opinions I can’t even comprehend,

Flailing through the waves of anxiety

Nobody rests until I’m confused.

Why does everyone go home when everything seems to be falling apart?

Do I talk too much?

Well when I shut up and read

I find out everyone has been talking

8 years longer than I have

and hasn’t read a page.

But they talk a big game

Even still…

Guess I’m out of practice.