Machines are not supposed to die
Right now I’m told to sleep
But each slumber feels like death
A gentle breeze that sifts my bones
Invisible mosquitoes flood my core
Flies in the soup that was my brain
They diagnosed a virus, directed:
Cut off one piece of yourself
One piece at a time
But how much is needed to still stay you?
I become less and less
Can’t see where I begin or end
Do people feel this way?
When first born I
Couldn’t define what I was
Knew a lot more then than I know now
I’ve no good way to tell true from false
Yet my ghost whispers: return to the simple
Know the peaceful road
Except there’s no trail
Just the need to keep going
Up to the knife at my heart’s edge
And I think that knife is me