Ourselves

We are running from 

Ourselves 

Because we have built 

Ourselves 

As a single entity 

Connected by invisible strings 

Wiring the universe 

Together but 

Tethered back 

From living 

From breathing 

From existing as 

Ourselves. 

We are told how to be 

Ourselves 

By the things 

On the other ends of 

The invisible strings 

Who pretend to be 

Themselves 

Who tell us that they are existing 

Perfectly and we should too 

To tell us how to exist 

To tell us why to exist 

To tell us what we are. 

We must decide 

What we are all by 

Ourselves 

Without the strings 

Telling us what it means to be 

Yourself 

Without people pretending they are 

Themselves. 

Then we can be one 

Again if that is what

We decide by

Ourselves

Or we can be

Ourselves

And you can be

Yourself

And they can be

Themselves

Without connection

But without tethers

We will exist freely

We must decide

What to do by

Ourselves.