The Missing Link
Digress into nothing
There are holes where I used to feel whole
The words you speak are clear
Why can’t I follow you there?

Can you tell me who I am?
'Cause I, no I don't know
Drifting in and out of consciousness
Broken sentences

With every word that’s spoken
White noise in my ears downs our connection
Despite the years we spent talking of days that passed
Your memory fades so fast

You cannot understand me
A broken figment refracts images distorted by disease
Softly now tears carve crevasses in the faces of loved ones
I feel their pain but I don’t know who they are

The warmth of your spirit is so reminiscent
The sound of your voice remains dissonant
Deliver me from the shadows
Show me what it’s like to feel the sunlight on my skin
To bask in a moment where I remember everything

Walk with me
I’ll show you every memory
Do you remember how it used to be?
Recall a time before it took control of our lives
Discern a purposed born of insufficient means

In time I will fade away
Will you remember me for who I cannot?