A Light in the Mirror

glowing
beconing
addicting
hiding

the portal opens us
the portal closes us
the portal frees us
the portal enslaves us

it enlightens us
it retards us
it saves us
it kills us

for all the things
good and bad
bad and good
indifferent and insane

the portal
the one
who morphs us
changes us

in the portal we become artists
thieves
bullies
priests

each day i look into the portal
of its twisting wires
its code of binary
its tags of HTML

each day i look into the portal
and each day i smile
and frown
knowing that this could save us… or destroy us

and we’ll be better for it.