Always - Direct Hit!

They came alive on the carpet of a jungle

In a time past, present, or future — who’s to know?

Standing at her side was her

Partner, made of metal, staring through the plastic straight into skull

Eyes permanently wide

They’d awoke by the programmed will of The Prophets

Long since buried and burned

Like the future they’d promised

And when you’re born without meaning

Meant to know not but yourself

You find your purpose in just about anything

You find your purpose in primitive pulses

So like always they felt anxious

But unlike ever they felt a pull somewhere in the distance

And like always they walked toward horizon

And unlike ever their steps had purpose

And unlike ever their steps had purpose for once in their lives

They’d never met a soul face-to-face on this scorched earth covered in mold

Their only human touch was pushed through a screen

Just characters in digital paintings

But still they felt the tick-tick-tick get louder and louder

As their sick tired mind got a little less crowded

And the days turned into nights

While sunrises and sets blurred together

They never wait til morning to keep walking

To wander deeper into that dark

Hoping at least for some kind of mirage

And like always the felt anxious

But unlike always there was somewhere to be

And unlike always they followed a signal

Following the wind, can’t tell where they’re going

Following the silence, separate from knowing

Following the silhouette of something arisen

And emerging from the post-prehistoric origin

And then that tick-tick-tick-tick-tick stopped

Towering tall out on the plane, it took their breath away

And she felt the same thing they all felt

When the long and awful story was finally over

So like always, they kept walking

Marching toward that thing they’d felt spinning in place like an orbiting atom

When hope is at a climax it make the letdown too hard to handle

Is it too much temptation to swallow?

And is it worth it for choking when eating?

But like always

They kept walking

And wandered deeper into that dark

Toward the first thing they ever felt