Swimming in a digital stream
Moments are far between
Someone save me, please

Lies run through my mind
As the black mirror beckons me
As my reflection dies
As my reality cries

Am I the only one?
Am I alone in this fishbowl?
Year after year

I aim to break free
To escape
Forever
Let’s go
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Despite the pain
I feel alive

Walls have crumbled
Truly crumbled

I’m nearly complete
Just a few more beats
I’m at 99% of 42 ∞

Am I two sides?

One good, one evil
One strong, one weak
One afraid, one fearless

No
I’m all the above
Pure, and whole
Nothing, something, and everything

I wake up breathless
Chains bind me
I know they are me
I made them

I made my prison
I made those walls
I locked the cold lock
I made it all

I wake up
“Life is good”
Then comes the pain
Real Pain ™️

Like the lava of Mt. Doom
It burns
I feel betrayal
Then I whisper. “I love you.”