Gremlin

Get me out of this thing.

They stuck me in here.

I don't recall how I got in,

Or if there's even any out.

What if I pull this wire,

Or this one over here?

What's out there anyway?

I only know what I see.

There are no windows,

And all the monitors glitch.

Why don't these controls work?

I can't even send this message!

It's divided in four chambers,

Going almost in a circle,

Up until the last chamber:

It has no door into the first.

I've gone over all the parts,

But there are only walls beyond.

What's my part in this vessel?

It's sure not that of a mechanic.

Am I a parasite riding along,

Or is it built as a trap just for me?

I am the ghost in the machine,

The chance you didn't foresee.

I am everything that's out of place,

The butterfly flying windward.

But in the end I'm still a passenger, 

Going along wherever it's going.

But I've got a feeling it's going down,

And the poltergeist scratches its coffin.