The Internet Checkpoint

Sometimes I'll write a poem

Just because I want to say something

But don't know if anyone will listen

If it isn't wrapped in intricate flowery language

Art the great communicator

The end result of our need for autonomy

and dependence on community

Coming to a head

A sort of proof of purpose

It's our way of insisting we're doing more

than just screaming into the void

Which is sort of arrogant in a cosmic sense

But I'm not cosmic

and the closest I ever got was a Lisa Frank jigsaw puzzle

There's a weird spot online

A video that plays an extended cut of a Nintendo song

The title in Japanese

That's not the weird part though

Viewers across the world have found it so strange

This random video suggested to them

That it must be a  sign

Each person a main character on their quest

The comments a tavern of stories of people sharing their journeys

They call it the Internet Checkpoint

Many would say this is just people assigning undeserved value to randomness

But I say people in general

and artists specifically

Don't imagine meaning

We define it

So I say be arrogant 

Create and scream the meaning to life

Ride that neon rainbow

and say what you have to say