It arrives without warning
Not with icy fingers but with warm caress
It does not drift in, it billows everywhere at once
Enveloping you in its grip
Resistance is futile
You succumb without a whimper
It is your mistress
Your fate is sealed
Rational thought eludes you
Your frenzy grows
Must make a shopping list
Must go online
Must go to the mall
Must?must?must?
And now you act as you knew you would
Assuaging your fever
A new bra?a pair of nylons?four- inch stilettos
The only therapeutics that part the mist
And as you luxuriate in your newfound acquisitions
It changes character
Now it is not domineering
It is a cocoon of fulfilment, comfort, and reassurance
You are Woman and you are strong
Its unspoken voice bids adieu
?I shall return?