"Take a Look Outside the Box" by Victoria Hecker

Here is a poem by member Victoria Hecker. Enjoy!

Take a Look Outside the Box (A Dull Blue Light)

 

 

A dull blue light

Consumes our eyes

Blocking our minds

Burning our vision

A life leaves in it

Lives lead in it

Crossing wills

Crossing ways

Only one fate is held

And flicker, flicker

In the dark

A dull mind in its wake

A person who's learned to fake

Fake their own existance

A shell that's still, that's dead

And yet it breathes

It gains without learning

It uses, only half knowing

What on earth it says

A slave

All dictated by the fake light

The lying light

That lives in stale air

The gift it gives to its user

And still it is used

Despite the bruise

The impression

Left on the brain

"I can't give it up!"

They say,

"It's not ruling me!"

They lie

But they can only lie to themselves

Everyone else sees

The problem, the addiction

And yet are completely oblivious

To their own.

"Wait," they say, "Wait."

And out comes the screen

The dull blue light

Glaring evilly,

Savoring the life it rules.

"Only a minute."

They murmur,

Breathing the stale air,

The blue-white square

Or rectangle

Boring into their eyes,

Making them dull

Making them die

No response, nor again

But no one cries

It's only natural,

After all, if you're not on it

You're dead to the world.