Floater - Delta Sleep

Here I stand

Blood on my hands

At the edge of all I’ve known

To exist

A life that consists

Of getting by

Under all those

Flashing lights

There she was

Faint and dumbstruck

A passerby

To all her life

Could have been

A joyless routine

An empty jar

At the bottom

When they said to me

The sky will be a thing that you could see if you let it

All she ever wanted was to find

A place where she could sit and watch the sunrise

In real time

Instead of through the automated screens that feed on

Her dreams

All we wanted was a life

Away from being plugged into mainline

At all times

Standing with the combination key that opens

Our dreams