The disease crept silently <br />It took over my thoughts <br />It eroded me and left me cruelly <br />Depressed and stupid <br /> <br />Gone the wisdom of perseverance <br />In came irrational doubt <br />And I lie in self pity <br />Emotional and foolish <br /> <br />Everything floats in darkness <br />People don’t feel right <br />And trust slips in the distance <br />Steadily and slowly <br /> <br />And I wander in ruthlessness <br />With this disease that destroys me <br />Eating away my mind <br />Gradually and patiently<br /><br />Lynette Dias Gouveia<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-disease-4/