Dust to Rust

I bust my ass to feed you
and pay for all these bills
​All I get is backlash
for interruption of your thrills

​I ask for contribution
lighter then the air ​
Still, you fight against me
As if I'm not even there

I have to teach you lessons
to prepare you for this life
your choice to disconnect me
Has only caused you strife

At this rate you will not make it
For the life you live is slack
Please know that your decision
is one you can't take back

NPC is how you see me
Every where you look
I'm lost inside the game of life
This feeling has me shook

You pick up your devices
as if the answers lie inside
truth is your brain is rotting
from the connection you abide

An artificial disconnection
is what will have to change
​please walk up to the modem
​And choose a life you gain

One day I'll give up fighting
As I return into the dust
The things that left you distance
Will all turn into rust

Tiffany V Long
4.28.2024