The Day the Computer Died

I pulled out old reliable

and pressed on the large key

the screen lit up blue

and I focused to see

the homepage came up

and I let out a sigh

little did I know

this was the day that my computer would die

I worked on my mouse

it caught on the screen

it locked up an icon

and I wanted to scream

I had so much work

that I hadn’t even began

so I moved the mouse rapidly

at least that was my plan

the mouse wouldn’t move

and the screen didn’t budge

I could feel my stress built up

I tried to hold my tongue

Maybe, I needed to be patient

and give it some grace

I waited a couple minutes

and untightened my face

I tried once again

to navigate through the machine

but it didn’t register my movements

and I knew what this would mean

I put my head in my hands

and took a long breath

I was going to have to buy a new computer

now that this computer was dead