long time no see

i can choose when to
lay my head back
and turn off the lights

i pull down my two
movie projector
screens for the night

but i have no control over
the evil man
with the reels in hand
who chooses scenes
to display on my screens
and im forced to watch them play
until i awake

films from former lives
starring characters
best forgotten

perform before my eyes
scripts that always end
in disappointment

long time no see
may the next time be
twice as far away and half as long