Zeros and Ones, Broken Code
By Leilani Biswas | An original poem
By Leilani Biswas | Guest Writer for Seeking Veritas on Substack by Sankarsingh-Gonsalves Productions | Leilani’s writing explores the realities of life, people, and relationships.
Zeros and ones all around Calculation, computation Don’t you see? No-one sees but me Glitch, malfunction Failure to compute Press Escape to no avail Broken code Too long loading Out of time Drowning Cling to something, anything Where is the lifeline? Hold on tight Nothing to hold Slipping away Arms outstretched Too far, can’t reach Hands grasping Nothing to grasp No-one there Nothing there Just me And the code is broken Cannot compute Cannot compute Trying so hard, still cannot compute Smash all those zeros and ones It’s a joke, get it? I don’t get it Broken code “YOU are broken” No I’m not! No I’m not! “Yes, you are” Broken, broken, broken Into little pieces that can never be put back together again Because the code is broken
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