Fate's ways may be kind or wicked

They say Kismet was always erratic

Life's boons may dangle before you

Getting them is far from automatic

 

The day we met was a normal affair

Until you materialised in the room

That cryptic blur was elemental

Your soul nailed me to my doom

 

Nailed to my doom I linger on

I've never quite shaken you off

I've prayed often for you to die

Taken heart from every cough

 

How fate impaled me on your whims

I could never begin to explain

What malign wind blasted me into

A life such excruciating pain?

 

I noticed a letter from the hospital

Your appointment with a therapist

Perhaps you suffer anguish too

Is there something that I missed?

 

Nailed to my doom I linger on

I've never quite shaken you off

I've often prayed for you to die

Taken heart from every cough