Excuse Me

You know
that kind of
ache?

The kind that
eats you
from the inside

like a parasite,
starting its journey
from your chest.

Where your breathing
quickens
before failing

and your toes
and fingers
tighten in agony

and
before you know it
immobility becomes you.

Paralysis means
you’re disintegrating
And disintegration

leads to death.
You’re dying
the lethal ache.

- D.