Tiny spark
Cuts the dark
Silent room
But my head’s all arcs
Thoughts line up
In a crooked row
Each one late
By a fraction I don’t know
Not wrong
Just slow
Still firing
Out of sync
I’m a signal in a synapse
Stuck inside the delay
Firing off in an endless
Electric pattern I can’t break
Every pulse keeps repeating
Like it’s coded in my name
I’m a signal in a synapse
Trying to change my shape
You say “stay”
But it reaches me slow
By the time it lands
You’re already gone home
Static words
In a crowded brain
Misfired truth
Then the flash of your name
Too late
Again
Same signal
Different frame
I’m a signal in a synapse
Caught inside the delay
Running through the same old
Electric pattern every day
Every pulse keeps circling
Like it’s written, not my choice
I’m a signal in a synapse
Learning how to change my noise
If I break the loop
Will I still be me
Or just open space
Between what was and what could be
I’m a signal in a synapse
Still inside the delay
But something in the circuit
Is beginning to change
Every pulse not repeating
Not exactly the same
I’m a signal in a synapse
Still learning my shape
Signal
Signal
Signal