I don’t believe mental health issues
are contagious; per se
although from experience I say
that as anything you come into
contact with; it rubs off on you,
being just a revelation of doubt
or perhaps a contraption to spill
your hidden thoughts; the fear
you carried so long; buried
deep inside, now take flight,
ignites the dry autumn leaves
left in your corners aged,
your fiend – the wolf now
showing his teeth,
you either run or stop
to face the beast
