Time’s racing, I’m navigating
My head debating
Dreams I’m downsizing; I’m arbitrating
Stopped divagating, started discerning
Perspectives shifting, I’m self interrogating
My head swaying
Reflections I’m Infantilizing; I’m intellectualizing
Years are passing, what am I learning?
Hippocampus spurning, I’m louring
My head fraying
Memories I’m glamorizing
Transitioning: venerating then vulnerating
Crime’s creeping, I’m hyperventilating
My head turning
Wounds I’m cauterizing; my stomach churning
Not bleeding—burning
Amygdala’s snaring, I’m self incarcerating
My head spinning
Ci-devant of mine I’m pulverizing; the prosecution’s winning
A verdict I’m giving and serving
Comforting futility, I’m evolving
My head sleeping
Peace I’m cultivating; no longer misaltering
Take for what was as not what can be