The Quantum Conundrum

Tabloid headlines exclaim, “The Future is Here!”
Quantum science discovery
Teleporting machine - Transfer matter between
New dimension unseen…‘til now

Astronaut at top of class, I was chosen to test
Trained for twelve months on the machine
Time of launch is drawing near, kiss my wife and leave my fears
Step into the teleporter

Strapped onto a steel bed, wires plugged into my head
Countdown sequence commence, “4, 3, 2, 1...”
Switch is thrown on the machine; all at once my atoms scream
Disassembled at the seams - I am undone

Traveling displaced matter floats where time and space are gone
What is wrong? This transportation should be seconds long

Molecules relocate from soul
Separate the whole
I remain fixed, bound

Somewhere snared in limbo I have lost my sense of self
Held between a strange dimension I assume is Hell

Molecules recombine and yet
I still find my soul
Stuck inside this Hell

Back inside the quantum lab, scientists scratch their heads
“He teleported but he’s dead.” (I'm dead!)
Little do these morons know, I’m still stuck here in limbo
Soul adrift a world unknown

Alone