NEPHART.COM

I know people

who love to nag

maybe they dont know

maybe they think it is care

but they pull

and pull

and pull

like gravity with opinions

some people brag

wearing ego like a hanging tag

i am so cool

i can make you a fool

my world

my rules

try opening their minds

with tools

metal tools

mental tools

borrowed tools

push

pull

push

pull

no

do not push them

unless

into a swimming pool

ideology

jumping from tool to tool

today this

tomorrow that

how do you cultivate a farm

with a mule

that refuses

to move

nagging to get things done

do this

did you finish

why not yet

faster

better

more

i am not a robot

not freshly opened

from a box

i remember the suffocation

inside the package

inside expectation

inside storage

inside a long voyage

on a silent ship

just to arrive

and be nagged again

am i not human anymore

more tasks

more mental energy

more

i need a charge too

not electricity

silence

space

sunlight on skin

pluck me now

i bruise

leave me rooted

i grow

sorry what

i cant buy your insurance

you could die anytime

thank you

for the reminder

i was planning to live forever

but right now

i am alive

i do not need

to sign up

and log out later

just let me stay

connected

to myself

am i still plugged

or have i finally

unplugged

from the noise

i am not a machine

i am breath

i am pulse

i am soil

that needs rest

between harvests

leave me

human