the sickness
You thought you were cold
It was just the flu
If it was me it would be pneumonia
I would stone ya
I’m laid back like a corpse
Yet remain animated
Like a cart holding music
Think about it
Let your mind un-make it
I heard you have stage four
You thought I was the dose
I don’t know why for
You shouldn't have stayed so close
Thought you were healing
You were just chasing my heels
I thought there was gum on my shoe
Turns out I was just stuck in my ways
At best it’s a terrible feeling
They called it shivering
It was diagnosed as a seizure
You couldn’t turn away
It was meningitis
And it infected your conscious
Leading to a cricket’s death
For all your reps
You couldn’t get off your cross
Your faux pas was beautiful
You tripped all summer
And fell until December 21st
Let’s be blunt
I got you lifted
So you never realized
You were so down
Down on your knees
Searching for a god on your level
Looking for a sinner
That understands the chemistry
Of a bevel
They had you at hi
And lost you by pothermia
Standing in a maze
Wandering in the sulci
You’re amazed
Wondering about the I
Exits look like a beginning
So you’re not sure
Are you living or dying?
Is it pleasure or just an enjoyable end?
You’re understanding doesn’t change the prognosis
A custom suit or sweats
No matter how you exorcise
The end fits you well
The scythe won’t fail to recognize
Your prayers left you with herpes simplex type one
So your lips betrayed your intent
Your faith falls as judgement
And I can’t trust your voice
Or you alone
You’re marked for life
An intelligent virus
The cure is just a legal death
You went over
And dozed
Semi-permanently
You’re woke now
With eyes still blind
You don’t see I’m infectious
I stopped trying
I just did
I dropped the hook
And got you to bite
With no bait
Just another lethargic line
The light you see in me
Is just 30 pieces of silver
They're not 30 medals for losing
Just a price
Nothing else to see
The approach?
Simple
How are you undone?
In five ways
Led like a fish
To the slaughter
Justly justified
Unsuspecting
Deliberately done
An adoring act
Subtle signs sent
How were you murdered?
Pneumonia
The cure
And shadows
You think the light conquers the shadows
These shadows hit a little different
There’s no cute pleasant rhyme
Just a consistent reason
Your inevitable end
The sickness
Captured
I am infectious
How do I know?
I stopped trying
And watched the lens adjust
Your shutter
Caught the strain with speed
Giving it immortality
Words outliving the print
Wrestling emotions
Drawing tears
During a drought
A picture of pain
Framed without lidocaine
Joining
Eclectic energies
And
Numbing nerves.
An accident actually
