This subject which I write on
However will I scrawl it
As I truly have a fright on
‘Cause, I really can’t recall it

When I’m preoccupied
With issues of the day
My brain will not provide
Recollections..gone astray

It’s not just a senior failing
As the young sometime insist
It hits everyone, this ailing
But in elders it persists

I’ve forgotten what it’s called
And feel I’ve been side-blinded
As my mind has somewhat stalled
Perhaps I’m absent-minded

Stanley Cooper

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/absent-mindedness/