Relax and breathe ~
when your heart is crying,
when the world is too heavy,
when the wind is too wild
~ it seems impossible.
It is the only solution
when we know that
we are no bigger
than the air in our lungs
~ then it is time to
breathe deeply and relax.
“Your breath is your best friend.”
~ Professor Ramchandra Gandhi,
Philosopher and teacher
Epilepsy just a part ~
The order of my life
can shift
with each day but
an order I maintain.
No one can see
my early mornings,
the precious gap in time
friend seizure may show in ~
a blink of my consciousness,
a jerk of my leg,
or the fling of my arm.
I’m grateful that is all
I need worry about ~
others have daily or hourly seizure activity
much more violent and unusual than mine.
Odd behaviours, learning and memory are part
of the repertoire in this strange disease of the brain.
**Brain health is important:
One in 26 people will be diagnosed
with epilepsy in their lifetime.
“Epilepsy won’t stop you; you just need to find a way to work with it.
~ University of Aberdeen,
(From Epilepsy Scotland)
Dreams included ~
No one told me that
dreams would be tucked
inside that cloud of sleep.
I recall whispered ‘sweet dreams’
Did it mean candy and gumdrops?
But dreams included are seldom sweet.
Funny,
bizarre,
frightening,
completely disorganized
but I have never been dropped into
a meadow full of daisies and sunshine with Mary Poppins and Bert
to sing me to a circus.
Wouldn’t that be a sweet surprise!
“A dream itself is but a shadow.”
~ William Shakespeare, Hamlet, c.1600
