we are clever, precious
telling stories
always stories
about ourselves
living inside our heads
nibbling away at nothing
at what we believe was
at what we hope will be
while what is
flows on without us
a diagnosis isn’t a prediction
it is a wake up call
it should fix your mind on you
not the babbling storyteller
you have created to captain your mind
there remains much to think
and much to do
to understand
to laugh, grieve, accept
time
use it well
for as it is for all
your spark burns bright
then is gone
The Ace Hotel Notebook 