
Lovely by Billie Eilish and Khalid playing underground
Cyborg: Humming ….. [I hope someday I will make it out of here] ….. [Need a place to hide, but I can't find one near] Therapist: Can you hear me? Cyborg: Yes, yes (hands, cloaking ears. Legs, rocking like a leaf dancing on the spine of music) Music is a synonym for wings. Music is a synonym for wings. [I wanna feel alive, outside I can't fight my fear]. Therapist: Tell me something about yourself. Cyborg: The last time I was asked about a door, I vanished into thin air. Like a rocket, I zephyred into the space I renamed after my lost emotions. Therapist: A tree can lower its branches, bow to the wind, shade its dried leaves, and still stand. Cyborg: What if I tell you I see my reflection better in the dark and silence is another broken part of me. Therapist: Then enter into the light when the flowers in your eyes begin to wither. Drift your soul clockwise to a prayer filled with metaphors of lily. Cyborg: But what if the light is a reminder of what can't be installed in my system. That a smile isn't the magical word used for happiness but a tag on my forehead that screams I'm ok, I'm ok. [Tear me to pieces, skin to bone] Therapist: Go to the water. Talk to the waves. Ask the mermaids to write a poem that will restore you to a language that breathes. Cyborg: Do you know how much code it takes for a river to give a monochrome picture of my broken smile, how many times I heard a voice saying hide it, hide it, a wound so big can't be seen by the world? Therapist: No matter what, do not shut down. Cyborg: hold my hand, take me home, I will breathe in this poem.
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