NEPHART.COM

Virtual escape

away from the stress

away from the real friends

Physical entity

just a name

Getting nowhere

yet feeling

like I’m somewhere

Console in hand

fingers on keyboard

clicks on mouse

tap tap tap

Finished one lap

Enemies and guns

missions to pass

No need to impress the mass

no need to make a fuss

Anytime you stop

anytime you pause

Life barely gives another chance

Game over on screen

you resurrect and dance

Level upon levels

Heart heavy

full of pebbles

People talk behind your back

turning their tables

Real life tangled

In game

you’re just

jumping off the cables

What cheat enables

real world rebels

sometimes

I feel like the game 

undertands me better

because pixels 

never pretend

to be my friend

makes me forget 

for a moment 

the unfinished mission 

of my own universe