"Amor deliria nervosa;
Society's most formidable disease,
Shot up in her veins with no caveat
Years spent alert and sensible,
All washed out of her consciousness,
Every cell obliterated with the disease
Three months were too late,
Symptoms too strong to maintain,
Even with a dose of the cure, love wins
They abide in the disease,
Consistent immensely sick to eat
But the disease is an asset,
Compared to those who are assigned
Those who feared amor deliria nervosa,
Were timid to its chemicals,
Not the affection given off itself
Unrequited love was their inferior fear"
This poem was written based off the book Delirium by Lauren Oliver
How the love of joy deliria
Just met with each other
Seconds minutes hours
Than light year to search
Back to clock each to see
How all to look like
All it is made up
Make you cry yet proud
Days and nights work
Test your taste in love
All in standing in neon lights
Banners and images
Superior being images
As banners runs through
Falls ball in each year
Hope ball drop for peace
Time wraps back and forward
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