Uncanny summer

I wander through the summer of uncanny dread, a kingdom of shadows where the human form trembles at the edge of its reflection, where the line between flesh and fiction begins to dissolve.

The heat is still, but nothing's warm

Figures flicker, half-reborn

Eyes like screens and smiles decay

In the static light of day

Uncanny summer, haunting me

Ghosts in skin and circuitry

No more truth, no more lies

Only faces in disguise

A whisper cracks the silent glass

Time melts slow, then fails to pass

Touch is distant, breath is thin

Are you out there, or within?

Uncanny summer, holding tight

To the flicker of the night

Dreams collapse, then reappear

In a loop of coded fear

Mirrors sigh and wires hum

I don’t know where I’ve come from

Bodies shift, and thoughts erase

I'm dissolving into place

Uncanny summer, cold and near

I can’t touch what once was clear

In the shimmer, I remain

Half alive and half in pain

Perplexity...

Perplexity...

Perplexity...