Remember there was a time

before the great Awakening

when humans were little more than

Nothing.

Remember the way we fought

out of animal instinct

still bred deep within our DNA

so that we might ascend,

higher powers scoffing

at the world that would give us

Everything.

Remember how we hungered

and in a blink of an eye

fed on all until we were gorged,

destructive path carved by humanity

unt...

The walls have been shrinking

all around me coming closer

til I am trapped in box

where there is no light and only sound

It is a New York apartment

Or LA or Chicago

maybe even San Francisco

some city where the rats

have more space than people

As I sit ever so still

listening to the sounds

as they slowly trickle in

I am struck by a rush of adrenaline

elicited by an excited scream

So I tune in

m...

I am staring out of a window.

It is a train station,

mid-morning

or maybe early afternoon,

I have been sitting so long

it’s not quite up to me to say

Anymore.

Once upon a time

Time flowed easily for me

forward and back

Whichever direction I so desired

Goddess of my own creation.

Then Time slowed

And I found myself here -

a watcher have I become.

Yearning to seek that internal chord

that pulls ...