Pressed against the transparent walls,
Like a confused and blinded bird,
Pushing, leaning, heaving.
Flailing, fighting, slipping down its slippery facade.
Palms pale and sweating,
Clinging, pleading...
Let me out! Let me out!
Harsh exploited voice,
Piercing the veil of silence, shredding the stillness.
Pounding fists, rebounding backward,
Pong! Pong!: they bounce off the invisible wall
Echoing into the other world for no one but ourselves to hear.
A daily battle, waged in limbo,
By every person, everywhere,
Selecting a mask from the closet for their mind,
Abandoning their reflection:the Truth,
To the grim reality of that silvered slivered surface.
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