New poem: "A Disease of the Soul"

 

A Disease of the Soul

 

There’s a very strange disease

in our world today, and no,

it’s not COVID-19, or variants;

it’s a disease of the soul, not

the body, and I don’t know what

to call it. No one does. But once

it catches hold of you, it won’t

let go, and it spreads like a virus

from one person to the other,

tearing the soul apart until there

is no more desire to aspire. Not

everyone catches this strange

disease, and that’s what makes

it so perplexing. There is a cure

for this strange disease, but those

who catch it refuse to own it, and

they beg the government for more,

and more, and more assistance to

ease the woes of this strange

disease that’s entirely

self-infecting.