The TV Took My Breath Away

The TV took my breath away and gave me happy feelings.

The monster came with his fist and gave me happy beatings.

O entertainment, I pay you for life, love and prosperity 

Only to find that the one gift you give is depravity.

You make me desert.

You burn my soul.

By numbing reality.

And leaving me null.

My body bashed and bleeding;

My fire dead to spark;

Sucking all my light away 

And giving me the dark.

I never held any control in controllers.

Not one life have I ever truly saved.

My body numbs and twitches out

In these fake olympic escapades.

You suck my life, 

Pale my skin, 

Glaze my eyes, 

Eat me thin.

Zombie glares stretch forth claws,

Chew my brain in dragon maws.

A tear rips down my slacked face

frozen in a flicker's embrace.

Desperate coffee fingers linger,

shake with vibrated explosions,

hush quiet the soul singer,

and never explore the oceans.

Yet I am a voluntary victim.

You smile at my chagrin.

I am the only reason

That you could ever win.

Though sick I seek the symptom.

The breath waves goodbye.

No dead would be jealous

and the living would only cry.

I must loosen my hands

to fend off this attack.

I let the TV take my breath away

and now I want it back.