Poem | In the Noise
I stand again today on a platform crawling with maggots
Inside a box where we are packed tight
I hang on so as not to drown
Reflected in my eyes are slaves to electronics
Days that never change
Invisible shackles
A body heavy as lead
Sinking into the floor
The thick fog weighing down on me
I wash away with alcohol
The neon-glittering electronic trap
Whips my frontal lobe
Unceasing ripples
Keep dancing deep inside my eardrums
Reverberations that drown out the silence
The sleepless night also begins to break
I don't remember what I was doing, but it welled up in my mind, so I wrote down something like a poem on paper before I forgot it.
And then I turned it into a song with Professor SUNO.
Lyrics ©persi
Composition suno.com
I felt like moving forward from here.
This morning, just like always, I get up on the second snooze of my alarm.
As I wash my face and brush my teeth in the bathroom, I gradually wake up.
The man reflected in the mirror still has a terrible face. This is also as usual.
I finish changing and head to the station in a hurry.
The platform is overflowing with people as always.
I am sucked in and packed into the box.
I grab a strap while feeling suffocated inside the packed box.
Many people in my field of vision are holding smartphones again today.
It's a scene that's no different from usual, but is it just my imagination that something feels strange?
I am pushed out of the box at the nearest station and head to a convenience store.
Today I choose a rice ball.
Though it's just one of a few patterns.
I set up a drip coffee and start eating the rice ball.
This is also no different from usual.
From here on, I go to work as usual and start working at the start time.
After that, I do my work silently as if assembling factory products flowing on a conveyor belt. I can't wait for Friday.
I fall into the illusion that my body is about to be crushed by an indescribable lethargy.
I want to quickly take off the armor I'm wearing and collapse into bed right away.
Even after work, I feel restless. An indescribable sense of anxiety is rushing in again today. I wash that haziness down into my stomach with beer.
A daily life where nothing changes; as I lie in bed, I find myself looking at my smartphone.
In the silence of the night, I wonder since when, I've had ringing in my ears.
It doesn't look like I'll be able to sleep much today either.
I suddenly looked at a selfie I was curious about; the date was exactly 10 years ago.
It's a shock. Isn't it just too different?
It goes without saying, no two days are ever the same.
The difference between yesterday and today is so subtle you might not notice it, but
it is changing, little by little.
Time is ticking away, surely and steadily.
While gazing at the horizon where the sky faintly blends together,
I felt the arrival of tomorrow.
End
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