Trance

Trance

I read the news today

one thousand million

views oh boy

screens

to scroll

nothing ever changes

someone's pain

like react emoji nation

ghosts in the machine

nothing to know

more or less

'cept more is less

stay online

escape we think

the hunt for meaning

into the looking glass

we're all famous

gazing down

cos when you're by yourself

there's no one else

hold on it's gonna be alright

look away

make the break

feel the rain 

switch it off

cut the pain

loose the phone

walk on earth

reconnect 

look within

hug a friend

it's all the same

its in our nature

I read the news today

1/6 Detail from 'The seven deadly sins' / acrylic paint on stretched canvas / 1992 / full size  160 x160 cm

Verse 2021