we take few risks rarely budge for our small orbits

we take few risks rarely budge for our small orbits
social media and text have made us shadows to each other
you or i could be anything like silhouettes cast on the wall
the work of inventive hands -- as a dove as a wolf as angel or savior
or just telling tales and fancies with symbols and charms
that eventually are false because there is no substitute
for the presence of another who might honestly meet us halfway

alas the heart shrivels
in the vacuum of this space

i am the electronic ozymandias
look upon my works and feel nothing


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