The Little Black Box

Late one night
As I was watching TV
A little man appeared
And said
�Can you hear me?�

I thought
This must only be my imagination
And the little man responded
�Hey! This is not a hallucination!�

Confused, I asked
�Who are you and
What do you want from me?�
Panicked, he answered
�I�m trapped in the Little Black Box!
Can�t you see?�

I said nothing but thought
I�ve finally lost it!
I�m talking to the TV!
Then I heard his desperate cries
�Hello, out there!
Come on and help me!�

I asked him how
And he said he didn�t know
But he made me promise
That I wouldn�t leave him
I wouldn�t go

So I talked to him some more
As well as the next day
And the day after that too
Then one day he sadly said
�I�m sorry,
But I�m going to have to leave you.�

Over the years
We�ve become best friends
So I asked him
�Why does this have to be the end?�

He said
�Like everyone else trapped in the Box,
I can�t stay forever.
But deep down inside
I know we�ll always be together.�

He said
�Trapped in the Box
Are others like me
And they need someone
To keep them company.�

He said goodbye
And then he was gone
I knew the time he�d be away
Would be very long

And that�s how it ended
That�s the tale
Of a guy I used to talk to
( I still miss him a lot )
And how he told me
He was trapped
In a Little Black Box

--Emerald Eyes
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