We are all alone on life support

with only the wires of modern life

keeping us company,

the small ticks of reassurance that someone else

is out there thinking of us

as they hope

we are daydreaming about them,

the only time the wires buzz with any sign of

life is when existence is made to pulse

rapidly, when survival is paramount

and when the wires countdown to possible extinction.

 

I switch off my life support during the day

but at night, when the darkness is clearer