i have this problem

with half-read books

i start it during school break

and then half-way through

i discard the book to its nook

to go back to school

back to crunched time and stress

stuck in my world that is fantasy-less

but the problem with a half-read book, you see

is that from the edge of my desk it keeps calling to me

i scribble my notes 

calculations on my sheet

eyes keep drifting 

till my half-read book they do meet

the unfinished story 

the paths left unfollowed

it gives me this feeling that feels sort of hollowed

tucking my homework away for a spell

i find myself inching over to dwell

right by my book

itching to be read

1 hour

    2

       3

           and a half

half-read book

fully finished at last