I attack the treacherous malady

with a persistent sense of humor. 

A spirit I am bound to by need of faith

in its’ ability to keep the wild-eyed dogs at bay.

 

It's one of my best defenses. 

One not quantifiable in lab tests.

I use it every day without fail

to seal the darkness at the borderlands of thought,

and laugh at the hapless incongruity of it all.

 

As far as I know, so far, 

my particular infirmity will be

powerless against this defending knight

bent on the gift of laughter; for you, for me.