locked-in to a dream

step by step

crawling but static

unchanged

unchanged

locked into emotion

finely tuned

aching to escape

harmful, harmless

unfounded

unfounded

locked-in to this world

sinking in

deeper, colder

stiff with reality

unclouded

unclouded

locked-in to the end

hoping to find

a dream, emotion, world

tied together

unending

unending

in the final moment

in the final moment

in the final moment in the final moment