Disease

What could be causing it? Could we prevent it?

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What is disease? 
It’s the cells of the body gone wacky 
Why 
Because something in the body 
stopped working as it should 
What could it be?

We don’t know yet
There are speculations 
A lot of stuff we use on an everyday basis
Are considered disease causing  
Like carcinogens for example 

But everybody uses them 
And only a few of them eventually suffer 
Why is that?
Could it be because 
Not everybody is created equally 

Or could it be that the situations 
We encounter in life
And how we respond to them
Makes a difference?

Let’s see 
What would happen if we keep on ignoring what is happening to our bodies?
Perhaps it keeps asking for something 
But we are too busy to pay attention

We keep ignoring it
Until one day it explodes 
And causes a situation 
Where the cells start multiplying 
And don’t stop when they need to 

Let’s look for a parallel 
Let’s consider how cockroaches infest homes
We have lived through it 
We moved to Texas from New Jersey 
Few years ago

There we didn’t have cockroaches
Due to the colder climate 
Most of the year 
Mice were there
But once we kept mint outside the home
Mice ran away 
Calling it a day 

So when we moved down south to Texas 
I didn’t want to put chemicals inside the home 
In the name of pesticides 
As a result
We had a cockroach infestation 

Suddenly there were cockroaches everywhere
In the bathrooms 
Bedrooms 
Kitchen 
Under the sinks
Even in the pantry 
And they started eating everything 
And making space for themselves 
Claiming territory 

It became so bad
That one night 
As I slept
A cockroach got on my head
That woke me up
To say enough is enough
Call the pest control company 
And live in peace 
And that is what we did 

The body also perhaps 
Needs checkmates 
That stop them 
From infestation 

When there is none 
It can go out of bounds 
Out of control
And cause harm within 

But what would cause infestation?
Anything left uncontrolled 
By not paying attention 
When it calls for help 

So keep in touch with your body 
Pay attention to the little things 
That cause pain 
Don’t just pop a pill every time 
But find out why it happens 
And perhaps 
It will prevent situations that can go out of control 

Think about this 
Peace ✌🏽 

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