Back to NaPoWriMo 2023: Crossword Clues

Color-matching puzzle game with billions of downloads
I used to be addicted
to Candy Crush, spent
hours with the gloss
of the pieces. I’ve been
very close to paying
for more attempts,
energy to go again.
I never have enough
energy now. I sleep,
wait for the requisite
recharge, but for what?
It’s rare to feel my heart
full of anything close
to the animation I see
in the game, the life
I wish waited to burst
onto the pastel scene.