One Byte | Code Collapse

Midnight hum, the screen’s alive with code,
I’m wrestling lines where hope erodes,
A byte too far, it slips away,
I’ll fight this night, I’ll make it stay.

I strip the vars, I trim the loops so tight,
Bit by bit, I claw through endless night,
No buffer left, just bits to play,
The stack won’t move, it’s here to stay.

One Byte! You can do it! Don’t haunt my every line,
This chip’s a wall, I’m losing all my time,
I beg it, “Move!” but it won’t bend,
I’m trapped inside this code’s ring end.

I talk to steel, “Come on, you can!” I cry,
Interrupt rewrites, I watch them die,
Bity ops replace the whole,
Still one byte steals my soul.

You can do it! One Byte! Don’t break my fragile hold,
This chip’s a beast, its silence turns to cold,
I plead with it, my voice grows thin,
I’m lost within this fight to win.

A thought takes root, one chance can break the fall,
This byte’s a test, it echoes through it all,
Projects crash on tiny flaws,
I see my life in these lost cause.

You can do it! You can do it! Shape my destiny,
This chip’s a mirror, reflecting all of me,
I rise to meet its silent dare,
I’ll conquer it, I’ll find it there.

The night grows still, the code begins to breathe,
One byte’s a lesson, a thread I weave,
From chaos born, a new design,
This fight’s my spark, my own lifeline.