homesickness

[gumi_s]

warning!!: odd metaphorical rant-ish poem up ahead!!

don't you just hate getting sick?
it just hits you.
               WHAM.
just like that. when
just a few days
               ago you felt

fine.

on comes the misery.
            pain.
                     soreness.
fatigue.                                      congestion.
                             runny nose.
      running tears.

you don't
know
what's wrong.

you try
                                   every
remedy in the book
           to mend
what
ails you.

to no avail.

time passes.
you get used to
                         the idea
of
"sickness."

and then

one day

you're better.
           without realizing it
      for you
                  had gottten so
used to
being "sick"
        that you
               forgot what
being "better"
                            felt like.

and you didn't recognize it
                                                       for what
it was.

welcome back, friend.