Locked In

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