Ode to a Failed Immune System

Oh Immune System, how you have failed me so
I was healthy yesterday
but today, oh today.
I woke up coughing heaves of nothing into the air
And my arms feel as if they were made of stone
My golden throat
has turned to firey sandpaper
and my world so much darker.
Oh Immune system, how you have failed me so
After all I do for you
I sleep
I drink fruit juice
I wash my hands
and this is how you repay me!?!
But allowing this virus to take hold of me
Immune system,
we are no longer friends
for you have failed me
yet again.

-Rachel Fuhrman