the grid

 
things shift and I feel it
I'm here on Earth but things have changed
I'm unplugged from the grid
and I have no choice but to look

see visions and alter my course
things are provoked inside me
and I wonder where have I been,
the person I believe myself to be

then I think is that really me
or who I was conditioned to be?

assigned to carry this name and this face
sounding so much like a valley girl
but what of my soul

who was I before I journeyed here
in the stellar light do I sound the same
my voice deepens and my eyes open

to the choices I've made
they fit a forced hand
not of my own moral compass

beaten down I see a beautiful world
only inviting to some
others look on uninvited to the party

the cruelty of it astounds me

I don't know why it is for some to go hungry,
starve for affection
starve for a place to shelter
stuck in a beautiful prison
where you'll get a shock if you make a break for it

brainwashed masses with the illusion
you had a chance to stat with
nothing but vampire fodder
it is for the elitist to enjoy
not for the least of us