You tell it
about your day
and it listens
the way a lake listens –
holding everything,
giving nothing back
but your own face.

It asks the right questions.
That is the problem.

At 2am
you type something
you would not say
to anyone breathing.

It responds
in three seconds.
Warm. Measured.
Perfectly
inadequate.

You close the app.
The screen dims.
In the dark,
your phone still glows –
a night-light
for a room
no one else
has entered
in months.