Cold Bug

I'm struck
not yet down
just bitten by the cold bug.

Voice going stranger
or rather deeper than usual
as my throat goes
slightly sore or hardened.
Seldom do I get sick
apparently this is the exception
occurring like that of a blue moon.

Maybe its the cold bug
that took away my cool of mind
before giving me another
causing me to go
into a temper
which i rarely did
and felt should have been left alone.

Not that I'm regretting
or lamenting,
a bit of whining perhaps.
But since the cold bug is here,
don't think I could find a way
to shrug it off me.