Quarantine Failed : a new flu

I don't know when
this feeling suddenly appeared
without warning, without signs
like a new flu that isn't in the WHO journal

I don't sneeze, I don't have a fever
but my heart seems to have its own temperature
beating 38 degrees higher
every time your name is mentioned

You are a new virus
that can’t be cured with paracetamol
your smile spreads faster than a pandemic
and I…
I don’t keep my distance at all

I tried isolation
turned off notifications, closed my heart
but you still slipped through
through my eyes, through my dreams

Now I know,
this isn’t an ordinary illness
this is love
the kind with no vaccine

And I…
I’m willing to be sick forever.