Influenza

deadly and silent it travels the breeze

just a floating ash waiting to ignite

attacking its foes just like a disease

psychotic bitch that infects with a bite

after I got bit my mind wasn't right

feverish I was obsessed with the moon

there will be no comfort in sleep tonight

I'm freezing and it's the middle of June

too weak to stand I fell down on my knees

praying to a god that ignores my pleas

it's so powerful it's something to see

just a floating ash waiting to ignite

deadly and silent it travels the breeze

my chest became heavy and my throat tight

my nose stuffed up, I'm a hell of a sight

even my head felt like a big balloon

there will be no comfort in sleep tonight

feverish I was obsessed with the moon

it's going to be a very long night

I'm crazed, delirious and wound up tight

this just can't be, I refuse to believe

I've no more strength to continue this fight

deadly and silent it traveled the breeze

just a floating ash waiting to ignite

and in its wake it made black the new white

feverish I was obsessed with the moon

there will be no comfort in sleep tonight

though I'm wrapped up in a blanket cocoon

medication didn't make me immune

I'm host to the virus and its commune

 

Decian Double Refrain Poem

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