Working in the Mind

Working in the mind is strange,

Pulling and plugging the most absurd things,

Everyone has to be careful since there are many wires scattered about,

This messy yet organized system makes it so easy to trip over them.

Having a sense of control all depends on the ranking system, 

The best workers work alongside the boss,

The worst of them work on the opposite side and away from his sights,

Yet even still everyone worked no matter how raw their hands were getting.

From what I have seen at least three people from the mind trip over them on a daily basis,

Many times before I have tried to organize and so far my attempts were unsuccessful,

People have told me how hard I tried or how excited they were to see what I have come up with,

Even after all that praise I received something in the back of my mind told me that they also knew that I couldn't fix it on my own.

Each wire you've seen is connected to something important,

Thoughts, actions, hopes, and dreams of all sorts,

Yes, we have everything to keep things in check and I mean everything,

It was a fickle process just to make sure that everything was ready for anything.

Everything was going smoothly thus far,

The boss was happy,

Everyone was happy,

Yet my impulsive mind couldn't rest not even for a second.

On good nights we'd have certain events to celebrate,

Either holidays or a rookie getting a job promotion,

Good things mostly since nothing ever goes wrong in the neverending labyrinth of the mind,

Funny because that's what I thought too.

Even if we had said events it'd been hard just to host them,

Every wire had to be accounted for,

Just so no one destroys them under the boss's surveillant eye,

We never really did that many events after the accident.

The boss ended up firing whoever was responsible for pushing the recorded limit,

Everything was normal until the guy did make a joke about pulling the plug,

They all failed to realize what he'd meant by that,

That was until it was too late of course.

What a shame that he couldn't make it to another day,

Although I understood where he was coming from a more novice perspective,

We all are stuck here after all,

There was only one way to escape this permanent job of ours.