Love consumes me like a virus
It flows through my veins
Corrupting all it touches
My body yearns to fight against its pull
Yet I am powerless
It strikes me down when I wish to act
And compels me forward when I desire respite
My sinew betrays my will
My heart beats with dark blood
Filling my body with taint

I can not go on like this
I can not!
I must excise this foul humor
From my corpulent corpus
I must fight against the darkness
I must not give into love!
Surrender is no longer an option

Cruel desire entwines me
With its razor sharp embrace
My being is torn in two
Reason and passion
Stand opposed in my self
Divided I fall to the corrupter's touch

Merciful gods
Gods of beneficence and protection
Gods of destruction and rage
Gods of war and darkness
Hear my call
Grant me the strength to fight this foe
This intimate foe
Buried deep within my chest

All I want now is resolution
The fruits of my actions
Are not desired
I act because it is proper to act
For to remain still at this moment
Would to be as a slave to my fear

I will be a slave no longer!
I will cast off my chains
I will bend the earth to my will
And tame the winds as my servants
Nothing in existence will be beyond my might

Yet I can not
I am hindered
Bound
Chained
By my attachment to her
She brings me down
With such pain and pleasure

Whoever or whatever may be listening
Hear my plight
Know the weakness of my self
The strength of my passion
And give me whatever aid
You can give
I can not do it alone
As should be clear by now >p>The virus courses
Tainting flesh with every pulse of blood
Every organ is twisted to its cause
What power has she
To twist my soul so?