Ben Bergeth - Epidemic

I think I have caught a bug
it's crawling under my skin
I feel it
scratching on the inside

It's not just me
I am not crazy enough
to feel this sensation
and it not be reality

I know it to be true
he feels this discomfort
she is screams in pure astonishment
it could not have reached her like this

These symptoms
these symptoms are rushing to head
invading me
and making me sick with thoughts

These ideas don't make sense
I don't make sense
with logic out the window
and reason neglected

I am losing it
considered to be stupid
or even crazy
as big of a stretch that might be

This epidemic is spreading
spreading like wildfire
it's burning and singeing
what it overtakes

No doctor can diagnose
no therapist can comfort
no institution can prescribe for
this ignorance I have caught

Ben Bergeth

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/epidemic-3/