I’m frozen in time, lights in my eyes, waiting for a sign that everything will be alright.
People call to me, cheering all the while.
I feel them somewhere in my subconscious,
But only just.
Not enough to break me out of this ice capsule.
I’m standing on someone else’s feet,
Looking through someone else’s eyes
Because I can’t move.
No muscle or ligament will budge;
No joint will bend.
I am a mosquito in amber,
A tiger in a cage.
Stuck on a platform where all eyes are on
Me, small as I am,
I want to shrink.
I can’t think.
And the lights dim, spotlights
Catch my pale face,
Knocking me into a striking rhythm.
I ride the waves,
Asking myself at the finish,
Where did my consciousness go?