Lyric

Low-Impact Failure

No crash, no alarm

I kept the part-time breathing

I kept the useful arms

I still opened the curtains

I still answered the door

Put the plates in the cabinet

Kept my shoes by the floor

Nothing broke in public

Nothing fell from my hands

Just a slower kind of working

No one had to understand

Name called

I turned

Task sent

I learned

Smile placed

Keys found

Day moved

I stayed down

I am still running

So they call me repaired

I am still moving

So they think I am spared

I lose one function quietly

Then another disappears

But I make it through the morning

So nobody comes near

Low-Impact Failure

Small loss, clean frame

The system keeps responding

But it is not the same

I forgot what I wanted

But remembered the time

Signed the paper correctly

Kept the meeting in line

Someone asked for an update

So I gave them a file

No one saw the missing pieces

Underneath the useful smile

Mail sent

Door shut

Hands washed

Mouth shut

Train caught

Bill paid

Call joined

Self delayed

I am still running

So they call me repaired

I am still moving

So they think I am spared

I lose one function quietly

Then another disappears

But I make it through the morning

So nobody comes near

Do not wait for the siren

Do not wait for the fall

Some machines keep working

After losing almost all

Do not wait for the moment

I become hard to ignore

I have been failing gently

Since before you checked the floor

I am still running

So they call me repaired

I am still moving

So they think I am spared

I lose one function quietly

Then another disappears

If I make it through the morning

They will ask for more next year