Error In My Mind

There's an error in my brain,

A virus running rampant

And destroying the delicate memories

Of long-gone autumns,

Trees that have cracked and given

Under the weight of winter.

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It rattles and rumbles and roars

Like Niagra in the once quiet places of my thoughts,

Tainting every last inch of me

With error codes and static

And haunting images I can't wipe off the screen.

The skeletons are trembling in my closet.

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I never dreamt I'd be lost in a sea of green,

Warped images refracting through the water,

Poisoning the canyons of my mind

With the virus, the unending mutating creature

That serves to inspire my thoughts,

Shove diseased words on my tongue.

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Yet I'm floating beneath the surface,

Stuck underneath the rippling water

Reaching its fingers to the furthest shore.

There's no escape, no striding from the lake

Into the warm arms of summer.

This is home, and I will yield to the cool autumn breeze.

I will not give to the error code in my mind.

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