Contagion Beat

You flow through,
Every little stream.
Poison or meth,
Joy or death.

Coursing with each pump,
Of poor bludgeoned heart.
It cannot change,
You're in my veins.

You came in,
Uninvited and unknown.
With each second more ingrained,
I've begun to turn to waste.

You're in my veins,
Why can't I figure out?
Why I can not call you out?
Why I can't remove the doubt?

Your face is kind,
With words in harmony.
Each look, each touch,
A new injection, a new crutch.

For better or worse,
You're in my veins,
As good as love,
As bad as blood.

A taste in mouth,
To spluttered cough,
So unique and single strain,
Your contagion's in my veins.

You're in my veins,
It can't be stopped,
Infection spreads,
Throughout the red.

Try to stop,
The bodies clock.
Reverse the flow,
Sucked back to plateau.

But you're in my veins,
Too long to hope for escape.
Too long now you're a stain.
And now I'm your domain.