Too Big To Fail

He walks around so heavily

Each footstep crushes the world

He’s got something to say

Something so important.

The words gargle from his mouth,

And spill onto the floor.

We rush to pick them up,

But it never stops.

Video camera eyes

And a motherboard brain

Capture our lives,

In a deadbeat universe.

He breathes to fill his lungs,

To steal the air,

To leave us wanting.

His world is not ours,

We just occupy it.

There’s someone sitting in his chair, and

He won’t know what to do when

The buzzers start going off,

And his face starts fuming,

He’ll scream and he’ll shout

Until the roof flies off.

He’ll stamp and he’ll stomp

Until the walls come down.

Because he grows and grows

Like a hot air balloon

Who’s not afraid to explode,

Because he’s too big to fail.

But we’ll be left to pick up the pieces,

Because we are too small

Too much

To be hurt. 

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"The words gargle from his mouth,
And spill onto the floor.
We rush to pick them up,
But it never stops.
Video camera eyes
And a motherboard brain
Capture our lives,
In a deadbeat universe."

~ the lines i quoted are my favourite lines... i've missed reading you... you're one of the best poets on this site... it's sad that most people don't know...