Lapse

All of those days
Stretched out in a line
Vertebrae spools of my spine
I cry (why do you cry?) I remember
I smile (why do you smile?) I remember
All of those moods
Entangled and twined
What was once skin become rind
I speak (why do you speak?) I remember
I scream (why do you scream?) I remember
All of those lies
Compounded through time
Cortical clues to my crime
I fall (how do you fall?) I remember
I fly (how do you fly?) I remember
All of those skies
I’ll never find
Circuits short out in my mind
I know (what do you know?) I remember