Hello, I am Adrenalin!

Some call me Strength.

Even though we all know that I am just Impulse. 

I am the only child of Anxiety and Fear –

Closest cousin to Nervousness, Pain, and the sundry

My Scientific stage name is Reflex Arc!

But – my biggest fans call me Anger – 

Yet the naive still call me Nothing Serious…

I guess I am based on who you want me to be.

See? I am all about psychology – 

Complex like mathematics, deeper than history – 

Irrational like religion and rational like philosophy.

I am in dual properties like light – 

But I am the absence of it – I am darkness!

I am the reason ropes are lacing on necks 

With no intention for swag! 

Yes – the elephant in the room…

No one dares to make me a topic when dining,

Especially in black neighbourhoods.

It is funny ’cause everyone knows that I exist, 

Since I cause and result in divorces and abuses – 

I am in dual properties!

Care to know what they call me in diagnostic terms?

Take a wild guess – …

I build up on architectures of childhood grudges

Roofed by cyber bullies and social injustice.

When you are supposed to figure me out with your knees on Tiles, praying,

You allow me to Pave the way that leads – 

You directly to extreme alcohol consumption!

See? I am quite tricky – I am the enemy within you 

That you choose to ignore – 

Because you are very talented in letting things slide

Until the last minute – 

Until you face death – 

I am that evil, it is time you took me seriously!

Yes – I can have my ways with your subconscious reactions – 

My kingdom is called Amygdala –

Which means you have little to no control over me.

Once I get into you – you become me, 

And I become me – 

See? There is no space for your ruling,

Since I do not give you time to heed your neocortex.

I delegate your nervous system with my evil plans!

I am fast and powerful – 

It is time you took me seriously!

You can only defeat me with what matters more than IQ –

Not money! To eradicate me you have to first accept that I am part of you – 

But because you are too egoistic and righteous, 

You usually take too long to let your guards down, 

And the durations you take give me enough time 

To bulk up and even get to extents of affecting your life as a whole –

Until it’s late to alleviate damages…

It is really about time you took me seriously!

Sometimes I am accepted into your lives 

Through what you mistake with motivations – 

Like when you use comparison to motivate your children, 

Which is pretty much a door for me to budge in!

Instead of them doing good to compete, 

They opt for adoption from my parents:

A little reminder – Anxiety and Fear – 

Of failure, in activities that aren’t even aligned with their purposes,

Because instead of taking time to study your child’s abilities

You would rather pressurise them into doing what you failed to do.

So, one of my niches is where parents force children to live their failed dreams.

Sometimes you mistake my victims with culprits 

When, really, their deeds are just my side effects – 

Like: handcuffing a rapist, a child molester 

Or a woman abuser –

Instead of rehabilitating him –

In this case, 

I attack a man and as a side effect –

He becomes a criminal, 

So instead of diagnosing him with me, 

And provide the right help – 

You choose to punish him with imprisonment 

For acting upon my side effect – 

Bear with me – 

I am not saying that immoralities and criminal activities,

Do not require justice to be done –

I am not saying that the bad cannot have control over me!

They can – but through a priority…

I am just saying that I am the cause of badness in most instances,

So the moment I am given enough attention, 

The moment you accept me and treat me,

Police officers would run out of jobs, 

’cause a lot of jails would be empty! 

It is time you took me seriously!

I am not really after being on hashtags, 

With no sincerity and genuineness,

With no willingness to act

Upon dealing with me – I am your enemy,

But you are my meal – I feed off you. 

Do not just make me trend – but

Take me seriously!

You want to know what I fear?

Mental health!

If you prioritise it, I will play magic on you –

And go Boof! I will disappear for good…

I am Real – …

Let me reintroduce myself.

My name is Depression!

It Is Time You Took Me Seriously!