Stressed

Alone and

Isolated

Till they found each other

Tied together in pain

They believe

In what they see

What they know

They clings on

Together

With wild thoughts

They believe

Are real

And it is

In a way

To them

Don't you see

the hurt

and

confusion

Drooling like a dog

Dizzy similar to

a drunk

Tired like

sleepless nights

Blurred Vision

as if crying

Droopy face

It's scary

Paralyzing like

fear

Pain like a deep

punch

Vomit like the stomach

bug

Speak

But gibberish comes out

Slow

and

unsteady

Worn out like an old dog

A bite

Simple as that

Why must it bring

Pain

and

Problems

Joints ache

And muscles cry

Sleep comes to carry him

Because his bones

Grow so tired

Fever like fire

Swollen and stiff

Rash like

a bull's-eye

But curable

Indeed

They harden

Like paint on walls

Not emotionally but

physically

Pain flares

Joints swell

Ulcers show up

And rashes tend to stay

Like some unwelcoming hotel

of a body

Taking in

All that hurts

Coughing up

Acid

that strikes the throat

Stiff and tired

As if this body is

Old and used

Tight and cold

Shivering and Gasping

Headaches check in

Last minute

Too many people have overbooked their stay

In this hotel of ache

They aren't crazy

They aren't fake

She is real

He is real

Together they exist

What don't you understand?

Alters

One

Then another

Remember

The change

The switch

The life

They live

It's real

Time moves slow

Slower than a snail

And everything spins

Like a record

And time speeds up

Close and far

Small and big

Always changing

Feeling uneasy

Something is wrong

He sits

And ponders

Why

Are his hands

So

So small

He twists and turns

Bend to the thought

of break

Pain that strikes

Bruises that arise

Shockingly

hidden

Shockingly

Easy to see

Loose and stretchy

“Party trick”

For thee

Pain within

For he

She laid there in pain

After the heartache

Her joints stiffened

Her muscles cried

Up her legs and down her back

Coursed through

It flares

Moves

And changes

Bone

Muscles

Joints

Veins

And all

Taken in this cage

Of red hot

pain

That used to not be

There

Doubling over

She spills all she has

Gripping onto the bowl

With blisters in sight

And rashes that spread

She stays in the dark

ness of her room

Cramping up

Confused and weak

She wonders how

Far she's

fell

Into this

hell

Of pain and confusion

Her mind swirls

Her skin itches

And she stays in the dark

And hopes it passes

But like the sun

It'll rise

again

I had become unreal

Or well

never was

Strung out from a brain

If that is, what you call

a void

formed some

Shape

It was never real to begin with

This thing in the mirror

Is an illusion

Made up from nothing

Because

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