I'm a cog in the system.
Is there anything other
For lack of a better wisdom

A question asked
Is a question redacted.
Nothing but emojis,
Set up calls,
Emotional well-beings within my own walls

News is lacking.
Algorithmatic.
Time is ticking.
Culture static.

It pays the bills -
Soul ******* still.
Who are you people?
And who am I to you?
This is the team,
Brush this up, and
Make it clean!

Another cog
Another day, another slog
As soon as I'm a rusted bolt
You'll chuck me out
You haven't even heard me shout
I shout best!
But NO.
I am a number
Numbing now
Jail that's paid for
Pick me out
One by one - some wasted space
Worked so hard to be meaningless
Built by stress and fear
Slight push of career
And ai
Brush off the keys
And let out a sigh
You know you'll never hear me cry.

When I want a piece of you back,
But you're nowhere to be seen.
Each bite of cake,
moves through like the seasons:
Winter, summer, spring.

Move and cut
Its no rush
Confectionary
Pouring sweetness
Trickling tickling
Beat in
Heat expiring

Sticky Caramel eyes
Morning wake

*******, frozen
Stricken with strife.
Somehow in peace,
Is this my life?

Grandiose historical
Fridge Friction.
Yet, hope jumps up
At our intersection.

Think of the negativity.
You have to let go.
Eyes like ice,
Melts as river flows.

Just business
Not personal
How are you today?
Impersonal

Pretty words
Not justifying
Pettiness

"It's for you"
Really, for me.

Button that collar
Fight for the dollar
Hold on
And breathe.

A shudder, a slide
Streaming down my face
I am a small ****
Caught in this rat race

Oceans wide, waves,
After waves that wear me.
I just need some air
To breathe.

Pulling at strings
Zigzagging, entwining
Fingers wrapped up tight

Constant blinking
Path striking and everlasting
Imply left or right