A disease is not what you think it is

Until you get one

Pain in places you never thought you had

Day's you awake and still

THIS VERY IMPORTANT THING Stephen's Story (As told to the author)

There was a day when I thought
I owned the world!

If Only

I feel you here,

You've been here all along.

Disguising yourself,

waiting for the perfect moment.

Infection set

He succumbed to the grip of steel;

cold as a glacier, sharp as a butcher’s blade

and it ate him alive,

like everyone

I slowly sneak inside of you under the radar.
I trespass past your body's best defenses.
I seem as harmless as the common