This poem is published in poetry collection Hollow Eye (2026).
Stay
This isn’t rest
but containment.A final posture,
designed to prevent
anything unpredictable
from reentering
the frame.Stay still.
Stay down.
Stay gone.A maintenance manual
for facing a world
that survived
by convincing us
to disappear politely
once we stop fitting
the perfect shape
of coded completion.This isn’t a request.
©2026 Samia Oldman
WHAT IS HUSH HALO?
Hush Halo is a dystopian sci-fi poetry collection set in a near-future shaped by technology, silence, and optimized perfection. Each poem is paired with a unique soundscape created by poet, in Suno. Learn more in Square One.
Context: After the Great Optimization, a privileged group integrated into the system, believing they had now perfected themselves.
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The narration building a rhythm so urgent, then out of breath. So good.
Now I'm not sure if that was your voice reciting, but goddamn it was great to listen to.
The words obviously were, I loved it. Thank you kindly for sharing <3