Chronic

Is there anything
More chronic than life
A relapse there's no way to stop
A relentless waking to
From a storm-tossed sleeplessness
That comes from the anomalies
Of the wakefulness
When the fires have to be fed
Again and again.
Those invested in the unseen
Offer an array of remedies
That guarantee no cures
Only fewer births
Before one can be freed
Of the disease of life.