Epilepsy walks with me
using the same feet that
carry the rest of my body.
To understand that was not easy.
Epilepsy was in my brain.
Take a pill and seizures will
stop being unpredictable.
Slowly, awkwardly, I learned
that life with epilepsy had
to become a relationship.
A relationship of respect.
Not mutual, but very much
my own responsibility
To understand that was not easy.
Epilepsy is in my brain,
without its own intelligence.
So I am its gate keeper.
“This is your life. You are responsible for it.
You will not live forever. Don’t wait.”
~ Natalie Goldberg
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