mono

you get it once, you always have it- supposedly you will never get it again.
mild or severe, its course unique for each person.
silently abiding inside long after the signs and symptoms are gone.
long after the healing has taken place.

or has it? it's hard to tell.
detectable in the blood, there's a level that's diagnosable.
but does that say how the body is affected?
what happens if the signs and symptoms return?
the signs and symptoms return, much the same as they were before.

some get over it forever. some will have to deal with it again.
mono. one. love.