On The Way Down

On the way down Trying to hold on to my mind I test myself Trying to put names and faces together Sometimes I suddenly succeed And sometimes there is a blankness Of a kind never known before Don't get me wrong It is by and large Still working But it is on its way inevitably down My mind my me I have seen others Who lost it completely Who no longer knew Who they were I have seen the terrible confusion And anger When it all cracks up and goes I hope I will get out before then But who knows? We are physical processes After all That also I pray for my soul And my mind I pray to hold on in my life But one day sometime I may no longer recognize The name that now claims To have written these words.