jark

walking regular routes

walking windswept 
and finding my solace in sunsets, 
i never sought out darkness 
but now it’s all i strive for
darkness is so hard to find anymore 
my flashlight phone screen beams blue light into my eyes 
the neon signs that shine adverts so bright, casting shadows down beyond billboards 
my silhouette sits on the bottom of the floor
i never sought out silence 
but now it’s all i strive for 
a peace and quiet in my mind beyond planes in the sky hissing jet fuel and cutting through clouds 
there’s white noise all around 
there’s a hum to computers 
it’ll be silent and dark deep down underground 
and i guess i can’t wait to get there 
atomic bomb shelter i sit in scared 
but at least i’ve found my silence 
my darkness, my solitude and my solace 
i don’t know what i am without all of this nonsense 
post nuclear but pre apocalypse
i’m not a man i’m an extension of the internet 
i never sought out existence 
i’ve been backed in an adolescences only to disappear once in a brutal but benevolent natural obsolescence