Tied

I am tied to my phone by a video game
the phone is tied to a charger (I am charging)
I am tied to my computer by the headphones
I am tied to my desk by a paycheck
hemmed in the office by the desk
watching 99 red balloons float by


I am separated from the ground by three floors
and from the sky and the sun and the rain and the thunder
and the people walking below
by a wall of windows and when I remember to
look outside I realize that I have never seen a bird fly by