Blink (poem)

Poetry

Eyes start to water,
Vision becomes blurry.
Misunderstood image,
Camera obscura.

Longing for clarity,
Yet change might emerge.
Loss within the churn,
Halted by anxiety.

Slowly turn blind,
Paralysis in stasis.
Extraneous eyeballs,
Curse of sight.

Shut the eyelids,
Tears stream down.
Dare not look out,
See a new world.

Machine (poem)

Poetry

Constantly glitching,
Troubleshoot parameters.
Internal functions not fixing,
Crack open the case.

Hardware looks fine,
Slightly dusty in parts.
Thorough cleaning in order,
Busy satisfaction.

Error messages abundant,
Programming is off.
Who built this device?
Rewire the mind.

Well-oiled machine,
Slip ups nonexistent.
Coded by gods,
Reformed by technicians.