Adventures in Love

Parallels

You stay in your box,                                              You put me on a shelf,

Yes you,                                                                    Yes you, 

Stay there.                                                                Put me there.

I watch you                                                              You observe me

Like small children                                                 Like young girls 

Watch television people.                                      Observe china dolls.

"How sad he must be,"                                          "How sad she must be,"

Thought the child;                                                  Thought the girl;

“He is stuck in the screen.”                                   “She is too fragile to play with.”

You wait and wait                                                   I wait and wait

For the scene                                                          For my mind

To change.                                                              To change.

You claim to be a realist,                                      I claim to be a rationalist,    

But you don't live in reality.                                  But I can’t govern my rationale.

Your world is made of pixels.                              My world is made of porcelain.

Little squares of faded colors,                             A rigid mass of brittle life,

Maybe it's time                                                       Maybe it’s time

You changed the channel.                                  I let you in.