What if
I told you

Nothing.

Would you listen then?

The sidewalk cries out
Missing foot steps
Implanted by our weary soles
The car hums a sad melody
Not a tune-up
Rather a lonely seat belt
Looking for a reason why
The passenger slipped away
The TV creates a new daytime soap
Portraying its own 'guiding light'
For your return
Such sorrowful mechanisms
Striving for closure
Searching for answers
That remain a mystery

Truth lies within
Our senses fail
When needed most
Though our eyes give us sight
Do we really see
The price we pay for our humanity
Does not amount to dollars and sense
Our toll is beyond what eyes can see
To free our enslaved spheres
We must forget the exterior
And see, truly see
What lies within us