Sunday, October 13, 2019

Dear Cam-Girl, I Love You

Dear cam-girl 
I love you
and I want you 
to be free
from the frames
that enslave you
  I can see
why you might be 
intimidated by freedom
It’s nothing like anything
else that you’ve seen
so sublime
but also bare 
and unprotected
In the past
you’ve rejected ideas
that were way less weird
than this
but I don’t want you
to be remiss
about it
You’ve got to see
that there can be
a better path for you
to take
That’s why I’ve
gone and tried
to say what I’m saying
to you
While you feel huge
from your personality
being projected
your reality is
being redacted
You’re actions
are reflected
only in the glare
of a lens
instead of in
the eyes of friends


Dear cam-girl
I love you
and I can’t help but ponder
that the stars up above you
are the same stars up above me too
And if we both look up at once
we’ll see the same world together
Whereas now
you and me girl
we think we’re so different
I’m sitting here riffing
on verses
and rehearsing lines
practicing my timing
for perfect execution
just like you do
every time
we talk
you’re so sharp
always on your game
and I’m trying to do the same
but in a different way
just trying hard to play
the role that I’m 
on stage for
More or less
we’re all actors at best
performing for the camera
to give our audience
what they can handle
and if we get the chance
to set an example 
for how we believe
the world should be