Life is like...

Life is like an old computer;

At the beginning
You are constantly discovering
New and exciting things about it
As you and it mature together
You fill it with your

Hopes
Dreams
Ideas
Thoughts
Memories

And a million other things
That document your life.
Then things start breaking;

The disk tray refuses to open
The keys stick
The mouse lags

All signs that you should be

Carefully Noting

Signs pointing out that you really
Should get an upgrade

But

This piece of plastic and metal
Has

In a sense

Become a part of you
Holding a piece of your mind
Within the Wires

Cables

and Chips

Then suddenly one day
Seemingly without warning
You go to turn it on
And all you hear is a

   Wir
   Sizzle
   Crackle
   Fizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

The screen stays Black
The revving of the small motor
Is not to be heard
Suddenly
At the click of a button
All of those

Hopes
Dreams
Ideas
Thoughts
Memories

That have been so carefully documented

Are gone.

Snuffed out of existence from
Too much loving attention
Burnt out from
Over use

And thus

A piece of you

Dies.

Life is but a collection of these

Hopes
Dreams
Ideas
Thoughts
Memories

Are carefully recorded
In your brain.

Then things
Parts of you
Begin to break
Not quite functioning
The way they used to;

Fingers ache
Eyes blur
Ears ring
Back bends
Skin shrivels

Body

Slows

D  o  w  n

Then one day
Seemingly without warning

Heart. Stops.
Breath. Stops.
Brain. Powers. Down.
Body. lives.
No. More.

Within these few brief seconds
All of your

Hopes
Dreams
Ideas
Thoughts
Memories

That have been so carefully stored

Are gone.

As if they never were
Everything you are fades
From over use

And so

You Die.

~Lux