Timeline

Sparse neural coding offers this

Each neuron connected in small clusters

Limitless possibilities of patterns

Combine into memories and knowledge

No timeline required

Linear equation absent

Just a spark to ignite

Rapid successive firing

Tiny cells embed new information

Shaped by environment

When the branches of my front yard tree

Casts shadows on my neighbour’s house

They dance in a frenzy

To some unknown song

Will I forge a new path

To keep this moment forever

Or will it pass through me

Like wind through little limbs

Bursting with new growth

What I should be learning

Is how to recall

Cognitive psychology’s jargon

In order to pass with good grades

But the world is alive

with verdant sprouts in profusion

Jubilant, worshipping sun’s return

To warm the land

Under my bare feet

I want to forget everything

Be alive

Curl my fingers through earth’s breath

Flit in delirious fervour

Without remembering

The steps