Lie Line

Connected
a pulsing beat up and down the screen
wires throbbing to the tune of an electronic heart
and I am helpless
throwing questions to a dark mind
and counting blinks

Knock knock
I'm still outside
feeling green velvet powder into snow

Doughnut eyes
watching everything and seeing nothing
I found you like this
and I thought my company could bring you out of it
a whisper of humanity
the touch of flesh

Knock knock
I'm still outside
only feeling 1/2 myself

A halo of hardwood
circles you, high on linoleum
measuring your breath
memorizing flickers
and sometimes I think you hear me

Knock knock
I'm still outside
watching lace turn to gold

Drugs keeping you alive have kept you from me.

Knock

Knock

Knock...