Medusae - Sirens

Submerged, static figure

Sleep / motionless

Infinite sleep

rupturing tank,

trembling shards

my scorching eyes

waking up

neural overload

how many centuries have past?

eons and eons you’ve slept in that tank

locked away inside this memory bank

frozen in stasis, suspended in time

Centuries of advancement for humankind

I cannot except these words falsified

I demand proof what can you provide?

The answer surrounds us both it replied

From today’s date to the buildings outside

Bewildered sleeper, gazing over a brand new earth.

Artificial stars, civilizations overhead

Cities dot the skies, shimmering lights beaming with life

Structures overgrown, empty homes forgotten cultures

eons and eons

frozen in stasis

locked away inside this memory bank

yesterday is now far behind

yesterday is now lost in time

towering spires, beacons of tech

scaling advance

vertically traveling upwards, bursting

arrival on foot driven by questions

crafted by my type

ascending molecularly

bustling port

foreign faces

minimalist

architecture

neural overload

how many centuries have past?

«eons and eons I’ve slept in a tank

locked away inside my memory bank

frozen in stasis, suspended in time

I hoped to wake up to a future sublime»

The future surrounds us all, they replied

The limitless bounds progressively wide

Magnitudes of journeying deep outside

Exploring what the universe can provide

Lucid wanderers, gazing over a brand new earth.

Artificial stars, civilizations neighboring

Cities dot the skies, shimmering lights beaming with life

Structures magnified, alien influenced design

But still even though I cheated time

awoke to find I still have my life

Decades separating me and my hyper sleeping family

And even though I could rebound

My life is now

My life is now and not rooted back on the ground