​a virus cannot see
that it is a virus
its entire context is virus

so it sees the healthy world
as a place that must be changed
made right to its own design
it throws itself into work
with passion and purpose
infecting
inflicting

the healthy body fights back
the virus takes offense
multiplies its efforts

ideas are viruses
debilitating shame
attacks with misplaced blame
to conceal the fact
it is a virus
unhealthy
abnormal

when shame attacks
with blame
it blinds

may we all recover
from shame
blindness