Emotions...
are like bacteria...
growing unseen and
multiplying fast...
Often causing intense delirium,
with no projection of how long
symptoms will last.

Emotions engulf the mind of its vic',
creating distortions--
mirages of the cardiac muscle's pick....
And it spirals out of control,
to others in proximity,
until everyone ends up terminally sick...

It often goes
undiagnosed,
or in some cases merely untreated...
until the pathogen spreads
throughout the heart chambers,
leaving the soul emotionally defeated.
Out of desperation to stop the pain,
the victim often seeks out false hope...
searching for inadequate remedies
that act as mere bandaids,
disguised as the viral antedote.

But alas to no avail,
the cardiac tissue continues to wither,
first starts out with a few faint tears
but the gash rips open,
bigger and bigger...
Until the patient's heart loses consciousness,
and the eyes become vacant...
and the scars that disfigure now visible
as their faith in love has been taken...
Vulnerability put on park,
as the soul grows dark
and the patient codes blue
unable to battle the infection corsing thru....

Perhaps another perspective will combat my views,
which is cool,
but for many my observations ring true...
And I think I should know
better than most,
as I ink this, hooked up to machines
dying in the ICU.