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Sick
Disease, it was planted
to grow beneath my skin;
my blessings were tainted
by some sort of sin.
my coughs not contagious
to the physical state,
but should you sneeze a sorrow
it's already too late.
this illness spreads like weeds,
unless no one can tell...
so I pretend i'm no victim,
to feeling unwell.
still I lay myself on bedrest,
while they wonder why;
because I wear a smile,
whenever someone walks by.
my poor bones, complaining.
my skin dulling pale.
with no strength in my soul
my body becomes frail.
as to not share my sniffles,
I quarantine myself away...
to suffer as they wonder
why I am this way.
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