Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Internet Connection

Buffering signs and fading smiles
Signals cut off before they reach
More scraps tossed into the growing piles
Remnants wash up on the polluted beach

Why can’t you hear my voice?
There’s a million words raging in my head
You don’t understand and that’s not my choice
When you only see me as an unraveling thread

Feet sink through ice
Markers run out of ink
Will the courage I’ve gathered suffice?
Or will I find myself on the brink

Of the wasted cornucopia
Wandering souls tugging at my sleeve
Living in this dystopia
Where no one is allowed to leave

Everyone huddled around the screen
Waiting for their fate
Faces reflecting off the sheen
Of their helpless state

All the while you become impatient
When you don’t get my pleas
And you look for a replacement

But then the screen will freeze.

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Internet Connection

Buffering signs and fading smiles Signals cut off before they reach More scraps tossed into the growing piles Remnants wash up on the...