Hey
What if this was the game?
Monday face
Keycard race
Neon flickers, loading screen
“Be yourself”
I laugh, “Which one do you mean?”
Name tag, avatar skin
Deadlines buzz and pull me in
But under my ribs
A wild kid grins
Drawing stars across the grid
Maybe I picked this bruise
This spark, this ache
Maybe I chose this heart
Just to feel it wake
I imagined the staircase
So my body could shake awake
I imagined the red light
So I’d have something bright to break
Maybe life’s a game
And we’re the players in disguise
Fall out of line tonight
Dust glitter through the sky
Dog in the sunlight
Same strange light in our eyes
I have glitched
I have stalled
Still the dark
Still the spark
Still I bloom
Through the rafters
I imagined the freefall
So my lungs could open wide
Maybe life’s a game
And imagination survives
Laugh with your whole chest
Play it strange
You’re alive tonight
I’m here
Alive
Sparkle
I’m here
Alive
Sparkle
