Glass Cage

Little Glass

You can see me
Thought that little screen
Can I reach you
As I smile and preen

Sometimes you can hear me
In those plugs in your ears
I count your approval
But no one hears or cheers

Do you know me
Is there anyone on my side of the glass?
Or do I know you
Is it really just my reflection in the glass?

Am I real enough to be offendable
When you are crude or brash
Are any of us dependable
Will we be there if the networks crash

There is such a closeness
When I can slip you in my pocket
I can carry you all
In that little glass cage

It is better than a lock of hair in a locket
I have you all on that glowing page

To Believe

Heidegger said that only the gods can save us,
And Bret Michaels asked for something to believe in.

Heidegger knew that gods can only save if we believe,
And Bret didn't realize that there is so much to believe in...

                        If only we want to be saved.

But we don't want to be saved;
We want to win,  to progress,  to conqure.

To get there,  we need to know, to be certain,
And we believe that believing just gets in the way.