I had started having migraines and memory issues in my mid- teens. Always an A grade student, suddenly I was finding it harder and harder to function and had many illnesses (mono, meningitis and shingles among them). I got my place at University but on top of all this came the draining of energy. According to all my results at school I should have had no problems, but I found, inexplicably, that I could not keep up, not even on a bicycle.
At A Place of Learning: 1984
Why is it so hard for me now?
Things were so easy before;
Understanding, remembering.
No longer first place.
Over the campus grounds race
Students on bicycles chase
Educational excellence
As the seasons go round.
"Go without me, don't wait!"
With my books on my back,
Strength and energy I lack. So I sit
Amidst the dust and the trash.
I cannot explain, I am covered in shame,
Drenched in oceans of pain.
Hidden behind a locked door.
Pride comes before the fall.
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