Divide the Integer

Intelligent
With every piece of information
Lined up and arranged in the perfect pattern
Lined up
Exact
Precise
And accurate

But the knowledge is no comfort
The precision is a demon
Waiting to tear apart his soul

The wisdom is a pitfall
And he can't understand the symbols
So he organizes, rearranges, and tries again

It eludes him
He can sense it
But can't comprehend its form
These glasses don't clear the fog
These hearing aids can't filter out the white noise
He stops to catch his breath
And it's all gone

It's the wisdom of god beyond his fingertips
Something his mind can't reason out
Repeat, reset, divide the integer by zero
And spin until he's stopped

Another sleepless night
Giving way to depression and exhaustion
Repeat, reset, divide the integer by zero
Can't stop the cycle

Divide it again
My mind again
My time again
My sanity again
Again, again, again, again

Cycle the switch
Reset, repeat
Again, again, again, again...

This is very much a rough draft, but I felt it was important to post. It's about my own struggle to solve the enigma of life, which is what most of my posts are about anyway. For those of you who don't know, it is impossible to divide an integer by zero. Modern computers are programed to recognize this and won't even attempt it, but some very old computers will try to do the math. The result is that they get stuck in a processing loop that repeats endlessly and takes all the resources of the computer. The easiest way to stop this is to reset the computer. I hope that gives you some perspective.