Boredom lazes in brooding sun

     teetering on tomorrow’s cusp

     pacing back and forth going nowhere

     plunging deeply into empty space.

I watch the juggling of night stars

     imbibe the depth of intoxication

     swirl the droplets of euphoria

     drowning my boredom as I gulp

     endless swallows of nirvana

     embraced by warm nectar breezes.

O spoilt child of the affluent world.

 Do you not have water to fetch, wood to hew?

Do you not need have fields to till or livestock to tend?

Are there not young ones to comfort or old ones to whom you can lend a listening ear?

Are there no clothes to wash or pans to scrub, floors to sweep, paths to mend? No skins to tan or flax to spin?  No herbs to find and dry, no fruit to preserve? no cow to milk? no butter to churn, no clothes to mend, no cloth to weave?

For if this is true then you are truly blessed for you have the one thing that cannot be brought or traded, you have time.

Time to craft a story, write a poem, compose a song, time to master an instrument, 

 Time to paint a picture, to weave fine cloth, to make fine beads, to learn the discourse of frogs, to watch the birds as they come and go.

You have time to share your time, sing the old songs for those who can no longer sing, read stories for those who can no longer see, help those whose mastery of words is less than your own. 

Do not waste your time on self pity, for time will slip through your fingers like grains of sand. 

Fun things to do when you're bored:

- Stare at a wall.

- Stare at your mother as she yells at you to get off the couch and stop staring at the wall.

- Run around in circle outside.

- Kick a ball against a wall.

- Ride your bike.

- Read a book.

- Wonder why you don't have any friends.

- Watch the clouds.

- Convince your mom that you are not dead, and she should not call an ambulance, even though it looked as though you were a goner.

- Climb a tree.

- Fall out of a tree.

- Take a trip to the ER.

- Make new friends to sign your cast.

- Eat food.

- Watch TV.

- Sleep.

To escape

Boredom

Hideous monster

I have been

Known to hide

Coward

Under a blanket

Surrender

To sleep

Serenity

Wasting time

Doing nothing

Talking to myself

Alone

I was struck

By a ray of sunlight

It was bright

Too bright

I closed the maroon curtains

Of my window

In my room 

To block out

The blinding light

I typed on my computer

"sounds of the ocean"

I wanted to get there

This is as close as I would get 

To peace

I turned up the volume 

And fell asleep

Oh my poor little whippersnapper, you've been plagued by the cold, cruel clutches of boredom. Allow me, your personal boredom assassinator, to ease your suffering; for you see my child, I have mastered the art of quelling this illness. I'm here to tell you that your condition can be conquered today! Consider yourself lucky; enlightenment is on its way.

Introverts, have no fear, curing your boredom can be done right here. The face of your laptop, computer, or mobile device screen is an almost surefire victory. Games can be played, shows can be watched, books can be read, youtube can be ventured, YOUR WIN IS GRANTED! 

No wifi? No problem. Have you heard of drawing? colouring? Word searchces perhaps? How about playing a musical instrument? or even learning to play a musical instrument? Too lazy? Then let's just sit n' listen to some professionals play their musical instruments. 

Ever heard of origami? Cuz that's a thing, why not try it? Know any recipes? Would you like to make one? Eating is fun, dreaming is too. Yoga? Tai-chi? Karate?

None of these float your boat? Fine, take a walk, or a hike, or a bike, maybe a kite that you may have crafted with that last origami lesson. 

Alas, people are different, solutions may vary, and these remedies were only meant to be helpful to the introverted class. 

Now extroverts - you social butterflies you - I get it, you like to talk to people, you need to feel loved and alive by sucking life energy from other humans.

(that was a lie by the way, I really don't get it.)

Well then perhaps your boredom can be cured through a simple text message, a call of a friend or two, a scroll down a social webpage, a drop in on omegle, a newly started blog, a drive around town, snapchat, the list goes on... without me...

Sadists; maybe all you need is a good prank call. A prank text? A Home Alone level practical joke played on the next person who walks through your front door? 

Honestly, I could go on forever, but I wouldn't want to bore you now would I?