ping

ping
message sent
a traced route
packet loss
zero percent
ping
message sent
a feeling of doubt
nothing is louder
than omission

history as an arc of time
a finger swipe followed as
a curved line
making stories up as we go
memories of the people
we used to know
feelings allocated and retracted
won’t fight it so i’ll
stay distracted
by my nostalgia machine
wash, rinse and repeat until
all memories are clean

all the windows
you crawled through
only to find
locked doors
none of it is
as remembered
when the memory
is only yours
none of it is
true
none of it is
false
living a life
the one you thought
you lost

ping
message sent
a traced route
packet loss
hundred percent
ping
failed transmission
nothing is louder
than omission