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Lost & Wandering

Kat Updike
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FOR MANY YEARS I HAVE DEALT WITH CHRONIC PAIN. THE ART WORK AND...

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I WALKED ALONG THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN, WANDERING, THINKING TO MYSELF HOW LOST I AM. GOING UP AND DOWN STREETS I RECOGNIZE BUT NOT BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO GO. MY BODY AND MIND SEEMS TO FLICKER ON AND OFF LIKE A FAULTY LIGHT SWITCH.

I THINK TO MYSELF IF NOTHING ELSE THIS IS GOOD EXERCISE, I KNOW EVENTUALLY I WILL FIND A BUS OR BART THAT WILL TAKE ME HOME. BUT THERE IS ALWAYS THAT DOUBT THAT I WILL FOREVER BE LOST.

SOMEDAY WILL MY MIND JUST STOP FUNCTIONING? WILL I END UP LOSING MYSELF TO THE EMPTINESS OF A STROKE OR ALZHEIMER'S. MY ILLNESS AND SYMPTOMS SEEM TO RESEMBLE THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF ME.

THE DAYS PASS BEFORE ME SO QUICKLY NOW, LIKE THE SAND IN AN HOURGLASS. MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE MY BIRTHDAY IS COMING I SEE HOW FAST LIFE IS GOING. YOUNG PEOPLE DO NOT SEE THE MEASUREMENT OF DAYS AS I DO.

 

 

 

 

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