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The Rot

A disease

Is spreading

From my head to my heart,

 

Causing me to crumble-

To

Fall apart.

 

Infectious:

A single glance

Is all it takes.

 

Oh, the destruction

The Rot leaves

In its wake.

 

So much pain.

Aches.

Sorrow.

 

It makes me wonder

If I’ll be here

Tomorrow.

 

At first your heart gets fast.

You’re flushed,

Feverish.

Incapable of stopping

The roar in your ears.

 

The Rot has you in its grasp.

 

It then spreads,

makes your legs go shaky,

Hands all clammy,

and voice all quaky.

 

In the later stages

You lose yourself.

The Rot eats at your brain.

It’s hard to speak:

your mind is numb,

 

You wonder what it really means to be sane.

 

And now

The Rot, “The Death,”

Is spreading

From my head to my heart,

 

Causing me to crumble-

To

Fall.

Fall.

Fall.

Fall.

Fall....

 

Infectious:

It takes and

It takes.

 

Oh, the destruction

The Wretched Rot leaves

In its wake.

 

My heart beats fast,

My head burns hot,

I cannot stand,

I cannot talk.

 

I’ve lost myself

To this Decay.

It’s altered my mentality.

 

This Perfect Pestilence

has brought me

So very, very close

To my insanity.

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