Spires

I can never remember to forget you
The driving force, the urge to
I know myself, to merge into
The black, void and formless

I can never forget to remember you
No matter how hard I try to
Control myself, snap back to
Reality, momentarily

I shed myself
Layer by layer
I forget myself
Thought by thought
I construct myself
Little by little
I ascend the machine
Spire by spire

Do I cast a shadow
Or am I drowning?
I become the light
I embrace nothing
I remember to forget
All the somethings
That leave me bitter
Leave me wanting

Do I cast a shadow
Or am I drowning?
I become the light
I embrace nothing

I remember to remember
That the Sun
Glows upon me
Day by day