as the gears
spin and turn
the machine
shakes
and lives,
suddenly
all the parts, individual
become one
a singular entity
powering its way
forward
and we,
we must find our way
within
this behemoth
metallic, alive
a path, it opens up
and others close,
trickery
the lanes
perhaps
chosen
but not by us
a path
hidden in the machine
