A Collection of Short Works

Automaton

Written 10/7/15.

im an automaton
i see myself in third person
like a child in the zoo
i see the tiger and feel it calling me
but i can't reach it, it's too far

i have a weird patched up version of my brain
it's imploded far too often, exploded on occasion
the control is somewhere and a demon mustve found it
the scoundrel
and pressed all the buttons
never knew how to work it in the first place
how am i supposed to live when between my mind and my body there is

too much space

i am not living
im just surviving
my brain says : keep giving
up, youre a toy on a shelf
lost control of yourself
used and used again
youre an automaton