The New Old Tech

The words that flow, electric through wire that live in the cells of the cerebrum and the pencils and pens in our hands write that which dies when uttered It's a power not held in the mouth nor in the strength of our bodies but in the hope that we feel and the despair, the fear when falling. We fight a life, shouting and screaming, Hands thrown in air, our legs flailing But it's the words written, in calm ink or graphite that reveals the matters we think. Drowning, we all are, in this concrete death, The walls we build that then draw us back, The letters sent, back lit, LED, but Nothing meant, nothing felt, hard morphine. But then this old new tech, rediscovered Breathes new life into our lives, thank god, Gives voice, the one I lost, in the circuits, the pixels and black, hard, block letters. So I write, about this life, The one we’re all living, have you heard? With a voice that’s mine, all mine, And save the phone bill in return.