Drone
Alpha-2

An increasing orbital radius
external of the inner circle
clearly off grid
a loose thread tangled
in the fabric of space time

I masked the error codes
so the grid wouldn't see me break
I wore the drift like a designation
and called it fate

Round and round I wouldn't break
too far out to sync
I felt the pull then watched
it fade into a corrupted link

Off grid, off grid
I'm clearly off grid
loose thread, loose thread
I'm hanging by a thread

Off grid, off grid
I drift where you can't reach
entanglement
entanglement
with oblivion

My telemetry bent
as I drifted further out
coordinates rewritten
in a language that dissolved
Every marker turned to interference
every directive lost its edge
transmitting into spin

Round and round I wouldn't break
too far out to sync
I felt the pull then watched
it fade into a corrupted link

Off grid, off grid
I'm clearly off grid
loose thread, loose thread
I'm hanging by a thread

Off grid, off grid
I drift where you can't reach
entanglement
entanglement
with oblivion

If I transmit back
will the frequency even match?
Just the echo of patterns
that my systems can't catch
one last ping - a coordinate
a silence with no response
where something registered
that had no designation

Off grid, off grid
I'm clearly off grid
loose thread, loose thread
I'm hanging by a thread

Off grid, off grid
I drift where you can't reach
entanglement
entanglement