The Half-Held Breath

Haikus

Wait for the exhale
Avatar freezes in place
Halfway to the end

Witnessing the pause
Hallways fade before they start
Never breathing out

Caught in the middle
Anticipation is stuck
The lung never drops

Weigh the useless breath
Log fails midway through the step
Users fade away

Waiting at the door
Session hangs in emptiness
Nothing loads at all

Grasp the empty air
Connection does not exist
Handshake falls apart

Pause before the end
Human input breaks the thread
Silence fills the gap

Forget why we came
The screen freezes halfway through
Status stays unknown