i thought i’d found it out there once, a lifetime ago

i walked for miles

through woods and fields

through tunnels

through rooms

through my own reflection

through a fire

i felt along the walls of hallways

i grasped at clear air

i waited for myself

i never found what i was searching for

i never saw what i was looking at

and that was the answer all along

go on, take your mask off

can you hear me?

i can see you

something brought you here

to this place

to this precedence

to this point of change

to this remaking

and they followed, a sleepwalker alone in the dark

in a dream

but you’re not alone, and you’re not dreaming

i think you know that

you know, we’re the same

we heard a call, and turned our heads to face the sound

we followed the echos

and they brought us here

together

in the flesh