The Cocoon

Never saw batman

Or I in the same room

He lost a fortune

And became an orphan

I'm not sure to hold a wake

Or to hold out

I'd call for you

But you wouldn't see the signal

So I  get accosted again and again

By my worst and deepest terrors

Everyone talks about the worm

And the butterfly or moth

Never the cocoon

Which is like dying

But you're above ground

That's what interests me the most

I want to hear about the pain

What had to be sacrificed?

And how to come out not alive

But evolved

To what you were created for

The butterfly or moth can't tell me

Can you?

I feel that I'm dying above ground

Buried surrounded by the living

It's a strange death indeed

I'm not growing

I'm just planted

Being pulled to stand

And becoming still

I want to know how to survive

To not be better

But to become what I was brought here for

Was I brought here for a reason?

A service?

A plan?

Maybe I was overlooked?

The destiny is so small

It's of little consequence

So you pay it no mind

It's mindless

So you look over it

Searching and studying something greater

Never saw I

Or jesus in the same room

But I swear to God

I have a cross

That I'm not sure I can bear

It feels like the sins of the world

Past, present and to come

The keep my stride slow and slower

It's the third day

And I remain at rest

My conscience is my shroud

And your disappointments the gravity of finality

Easter will be missed this year

This is no leap year

I see your expectations

Lower them

I'm a low life

No rising

Or leaping dear

Have Thomas and I ever met?

I doubt it

We don’t have the faith to believe the other exists

So there’s no one

or nothing to acknowledge

So how do we fail in acknowledgment?

We can’t and we don’t

We’re just two phantoms passing in the night

Try to hold us

You can’t even with all your might

I never saw a pharisee

Or I in the same room


It's not fair

You see

I preach and teach

But I’ve learned nothing

Learn from my misdeeds

Learn my language

Discover my faux pas

Be better

Be less human

And less flawed

Trust the actions in the mirror

Don't condone the reflection

Have you seen Bruce Wayne

Or I talking?


We're too lonely for that

Why would we talk to another

I'm still trying to talk myself out of my own way

I'm just a toy

Playing in story

I'm a humanoid

Telling myself I'm real

That these hopes, fears, and insecurities matter

That they hold a pulse

I fear that if the beats stop

So will my heart

I can't lose the music

I already lost my mind

I needed something to keep the rhythm

To keep me running

Am I running or have i been lied to

By myself

Believing the narrative imprinted on my silicone parts

It's child's play

And this is a horror

Have you ever seen bad

And evil meet?

I have in the mirror

It's a terror

They leaves me in shakes

And awe

With a bit of life

And a lot of regret

Fueled by my stubbornness and recklessness

There's no sympathy

They stay asleep for a long time

But demands the day

For as long it can hold consciousness

It's my soul my immortal child

My demigod

They love the reflection

They see nothing else but their agenda

Their hunger and bloodlust

These keep them alive

The chase

Bad, Evil and I

These are my holy trinity

We exist whether you bow or not

I'm not amazing

I'm just amazed

I'm still here

It's a glitch really

A circus

With a plot twist

And unwanted lives

Unfinished stories


Have you ever seen a novel

And my life in the same pages?


No you just see a novel

Not my life

Fiction exists

Based off of pieces of realities

My life doesn't exist

There's nothing to hold it to

Nothing compares

Because the baseline hasn't been achieved

It's an anomaly

Something overlooked

So it's not really seen

In the moment or in hindsight

So the vision is never clear

See?

There's no biography here

Just a source

For another paper or story

Enjoy the contribution


Have you ever seen the end

And I meet?

Wouldn't that be a conclusion?





the runner

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