I'm caught in a forest My glass frame is jagged and shattered I give in to a distant call to rest And I search for somewhere to lay my head The forest is quiet A whisp broke me and left And I'm alone to care for a grove I am broken, I am scared, I am upset Something ahead of me Trapped in the overgrowth It can't be! My armor, my friend, my beautiful cog! Oh! What have I done to you? I check it's inner workings Gears clogged with vines and branches Iron rusted through Until I wander deep enough And I find the source of my distant whisper My hearth Once a great and burning flame To move my cog so powerfully So patiently Subserviently I climb in And flames long dead begin to burn once more It melts my glass And smooths me out And I lay my head to rest I close my eyes When I open them again I see through the juggernaut's eyes And I burn so hot from my pain The overgrowth burns away Rusted parts shatter away A plume of smoke billows from me I am a cog once more I feel so heavy So tired But oh so powerful A great machine finds me in this grove And offers me a place in it's inner workings Other cogs inside, made of shining steel greet me We grind and toil away And I feel so at home After harming and being harmed by a beautiful whisp Who I now understand never truly understood me Nor did I understand them They fled from me Left me so alone But I am strong once more I am so tired I feel safe and complacent So I will rest and let my body fall into routine I will sleep I will obey my new machine I will dream
New experiences aren't for everyone. I hurt people and was myself hurt by my confusion, fear, and ignorance. I was then abandoned and now I do nothing but work and rest and while I'm not happy, I do feel steady. I feel safe.