They drilled it

in to me

to brace me

for the coming

storms

~

I am now

bound

to mother earth

~

but

I will never move again

and will stand here

as so many others

to carry

the current

predicament

I stand

in the middle

of all of this

~

because

I think

thrust

from all sides

puts me here

I live above

and below you

~

I hear footsteps

and your music

~

I hear your door

and a toilet

~

I see someone

in the lift

~

and I wonder

if you wonder

He saw this shiny new surface

to land on and rest for a while

~

not wondering why he alone

eagerly set his foot willingly down

~

and there in his mind he got stuck in the new

that never lets go but the shine of its surface

Why do you stare at me

what’s going on in your mind

~

why don’t you want me

to have a look at you