Love is Not Enough

Two women pictured deep in prayer,

Dreamed by machines, projected there,

The daughter dark, the mother fair,

Their holograms haunt the airport air,

Just as the morning light, shoos away the night,

Just as the evening news, tells me all is right.

Project the past in little scenes,

Upon a million empty screens,

Who remembers what it means,

We're so embarrassed by our dreams,

I loathe the present, as I fear the future,

As I fear figure I see in my mirror

Pack up the moon, put out the sun,

No more fear, no more fun,

So this is 2021,

Just relax, everything's been done

I sleep alone at night, I leave on all the lights,

I leave the TV on, even the ghosts have gone

no more darkness, no more decisions,

If you open your heart to, the algorithm,

Then everything is forgiven

I search for something to explain,

The source of all this hidden pain,

I rack the ridges of my brain,

I scour its corridors in vain

It's just beyond my grasp, buried in the past,

So many times, I got so close, but no one ever knows

I love the way you love me, love,

But these days love is not enough