CD-ROT
Nothing is permanent.
Not even something etched into metal
With something so unending and omnipotent as pure light.
The metal and the air bond
And atom by atom data peels away
Word for word, line by line, picture by picture.
I didn't know information could rot.
That something I'd always hold true
Wouldn't stay in stasis when I put it back in the drawer.
That it would change when I took it out again, too long a time later.
It makes sense, that you wouldn't wait for me.
My mind just can't comprehend it.
I've stopped updating, I've run out of storage.
All files in my brain corrupted.
Still, that's a useless excuse.
You deserve better.
But you took up so much space in me
And I liked it that way.
When I thought I'd fixed myself enough to read you again,
I put you in the DVD drive and pressed play,
Without considering whether or not we could still work together.
Whether or not you still wanted to.
ERROR: SYSTEM CORRUPTION, SELFISH.EXE CANNOT STOP RUNNING
When we met again for the first time in years,...
Not even something etched into metal
With something so unending and omnipotent as pure light.
The metal and the air bond
And atom by atom data peels away
Word for word, line by line, picture by picture.
I didn't know information could rot.
That something I'd always hold true
Wouldn't stay in stasis when I put it back in the drawer.
That it would change when I took it out again, too long a time later.
It makes sense, that you wouldn't wait for me.
My mind just can't comprehend it.
I've stopped updating, I've run out of storage.
All files in my brain corrupted.
Still, that's a useless excuse.
You deserve better.
But you took up so much space in me
And I liked it that way.
When I thought I'd fixed myself enough to read you again,
I put you in the DVD drive and pressed play,
Without considering whether or not we could still work together.
Whether or not you still wanted to.
ERROR: SYSTEM CORRUPTION, SELFISH.EXE CANNOT STOP RUNNING
When we met again for the first time in years,...