What do you mean
Error 404?
All I did was click on a link
Like they told me
So why are you blocking my way
pretending to be a helpful message
shouting at me in that hideous font
just another gate keeper
hating on my freedom
telling me I am lost
Not Found
That I have taken a wrong turn
403 to be exact
to arrive here
which is nowhere
just a holding slide
automated
not a hand written sign on a shop front
that used to be open
now closed
find us online
You can’t put this on me
Error 404
This is your error
not mine
It is your backend that refuses to speak to my frontend
How dare you lead me into this cul de sac
And abandon me here
What am I supposed to do now?
I have nowhere else to go
I was told that I would get answers
Here
There
anywhere
But now I have reached a dead end
And it makes me feel anxious
Alone
Unsupported
By this great global
community
Or so I thought
Was I mistaken?
Was the error all mine?
Was I stupid to believe that every window would always open
On another
That we could always connect
To something bigger
than ourselves
I hear what you mean to
tell me Error 404
How stupid of me
To give over my power
To some myth
To believe
Nay
have faith
In some greater power in the sky
In the clouds
Such a childish notion
Thank you for making me see
the error of my ways
You are wise
beyond your binary
Smarter than the system
that keeps us both trapped
I wasn’t abandoned
I have always been supported
You helped me make this connection
I couldn’t have done it without you
But now I see
I can do it
Alone
