- - -
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 fantasy poetry collection set in a near-future shaped by technology, silence, and optimized perfection. Each poem is paired with its own immersive soundscape. 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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I don't disappear anymore for anyone.
Nice piece.
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