Wired

Paralyzed. No energy surging to keep me from collapsing; a damaged cable incapable of serving its purpose. The connections were misfiring and failing to make anything work; while the current, overused and overworked, was held in abeyance. Broken. Many had tried to save me before- to fix the cable that had already been dubbed useless- but they had only accomplished to strip it bare, to take apart the wires on the inside and cut open the very thing that held them together. Shattered. Only lumps of plastic were left to interwine on the ground- my feelings, spread out for the world to see- and wait to be in thrall of someone else who would arrogate and abuse them in a way only humans could.