Virtual Reality

This one surfaced while i was thinking about the last time i went to the arcades with my friends (yes i like to think), which was probably aeons ago. Couldn't let this one go, though its like 12.42am right now. Maybe that explains the lameness of the title. I'll change it if i think of a better one when i'm more sober. Oh yeah and this one's quite long, so to whoever's gonna read it, hope it doesn't put you off!

Virtual Reality

Sunday I went to the mall
Little did I know what was in store
For me, my blundering parade,
this escapade
set my tears aflame, this time I’d never forget
at the four hundred and ninetieth arcade

I pushed the button and the game began
I lacked a shield, I had nothing at hand
Save a small shiny sickle
And I couldn’t believe
That was all I had

I needed something more
Something bigger
Something brighter
Something that could last me forever
in this

game of gold, I donned my cloak
As much as I could, with the choices I took
I avoided the hook of death
But eventually my life was draining
I couldn’t believe I was barely breathing
You could see me running, but bah
I couldn’t catch up.
And time was doing the same thing to me.

I needed something more
Something bigger
Something brighter
Something that could last me forever
for these

enemies, in front of me
surrounding me, encircling me, inside of me
my hope was like my blade, dimunitive
conduiting blood and broken knees
their impaling gazes pierced through my conscience

Why did I play this game
What could I see to save me from this wreckage
Those flailing arms, jagged fangs, so steadily
driving me
to hellish acrimony
within this 3D credibility…

five
four
three
two
on-

clink

a tingle of hope, a new console
a new token now forged into the bowl
the game restarted and I was like a knight
my armour silver with dazzling light
I parted the blinds to reveal the transparent sky
Above the transparent ceilings, the sun began to cry
and then I recalled, this is Sunday morning
I’m not where I should be.
I wonder who put his hand in
to give me a future so bright.

tc©