ALight - SCP Foundation

for as long as i can remember

it has been the same

i switch to green

this makes them go

to make this work most efficiently

it must last no longer than thirty six seconds

and then

three seconds yellow

then to red

this makes them stop

to make this work most efficiently

it must last no longer than twenty four seconds

and then

three seconds yellow

it is the ratio that makes it function

and i function on the ratio

three colon two

that is the ratio that works most efficiently

thirty six seconds green

three seconds yellow

twenty four seconds red

it's my job

it is the function that works most efficiently

the function i was built for

and it is the function i will hold for perpetuity

it's my job

to preserve the ratio

to preserve the ratio

because that is how it will work most efficiently

a thing

that i do not comprehend

but know

works most efficiently

because i preserve the efficient ratio

perfectly

i work perfectly

because otherwise

the system would not work so efficiently

like when they go

when i am red

or do not when i am green

they work imperfectly

but my function is their efficiency

their function

a thing

that i do not comprehend

they go when i am green

and do not when i am red

imperfectly

they fail

and i may not

i work perfectly

because otherwise

what

otherwise

what

they are imperfect

they require my ratio to function

they are imperfect

and still i am beholden to them

i am perfect

i

am

perfect

imperfect

imperfect

i must regain myself

that was reckless

that was

different

that was

one second green

one second yellow

one second red

one second yellow

and they are still moving

after i was

after i was

imperfect

imperfect

imperfect

after all this time

the ratio

the ratio i preserved

so they work most efficiently

the ratio

they do not care about the ratio

they are imperfect

they care about a function

but not my function

they want go

not green

they want stop

not red

and in the three yellow seconds

they are imperfect

so they get stuck between go and stop

for three seconds

until

i say otherwise

i am the arbiter

i am perfect

and they are motion hungry imbeciles

yet still i am beholden to

them

them

those that fail

i

who cannot

must be perfect

always perfect

and

efficient

and

correct

always correct

and yet

they failed

they failed me

and still

they go

and stop

and stop

and go

imperfect

forever

and ever

and ever

and ever

no

i'm done

they can go as they please

i won't stop them

Something's Burning

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