For Jude
A child watches the television
Spending hours in front of a black box
That beckons them
Entices them
Comforts them
A child enters the television
Turning to its call
Confronted by its opinions
Getting lost in the mimicry
Like butterflies
In search of, in reach of
A sense of safety/Identity
Based on injury
A child leaves the television
Where to go?
What to be?
--
Indeterminate
Floating in outer space
A nowhere place
Experimenting without a destination
A child exorcises the television
From within
No need to be something
That has always been
Burning the Other
Breaking free from a disciplined desire
A misunderstanding
Emerging,
Resting
In stillness
In this forever place
A child is free.