Imaginary Friend

I’ve got a voice making choices for me

It says joy isn’t free

I’ve got friends that I’ve never met

If we passed on the street would I even acknowledge them?

I feel tied to the weight of a stone

But the weight is my own

I’d like to hear the song of the world

Like the breath of a house or the sound of the wind outside

So show me how it used to be, imaginary friend

Let me see the world before our elders squandered it

Take these concrete walls and draw upon them like a canvas

The only memories that I have are ones that you implanted

I’ve heard rumors of what it was like

To wake up to sunlight

All that I know is written in code

I don’t think I don’t speak I just purchase a download

It goes to my brain so I know how it felt to be real