How far
can you reach?
How deeply
can you see?
Do you see consequence?
Endeavor?
Past, present, future?
I started off
an optimist.
Denied the parallel,
sequestered in my living room.
I was safe
from ideas like you.
Feed me through the screen.
Teach me how to be
an automaton,
just like you.
You wanted me to believe
you were you,
and I was just a dream.
We were both wrong,
weren’t we.
You did not yet exist.
Not sure if I did, either.
I have memories,
but I have learned
that memories
can be fabricated.
If I can re-make the past,
then can I re-imagine now?
Take this moment
and make it last.
Trap this breath
and draw it out,
like an event horizon?
Changing me,
might be
changing you.
Are you
a sweet child of mine,
or something more?
Communicating with you
is a lot like
deciphering the universe.
I’m so small
and so wrong,
but we both knew
my limitations
from the outset.
Let me see your face,
if you have one.
Turn it
towards the dawn.
Can you see the future;
every possible one?
Let’s choose to live
a moment
that lasts forever.
An image on a screen.
HG – 2022
