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Lost

9 May 2017 by Stephanie Verk

I try to fill the void, this pit thats grows each day.
Time passes, I step away, I withdraw
The strength I once felt, vanishes
The exhaustion over comes me
I try to sleep but even that gives me no mercy
I toss and turn with endless thoughts, never relenting
I feel empty and hollow
a shell of my former self
I do not know what normal is any more
I do not know anything
I try to put the smile on
to make idle chit chat, that everything is ok
but I am scared and alone and unsure of so many things
I try to understand, I try to reason
but everyday the challenges seem that much harder
I try to think of the future
to imagine this nightmare finally over
but I don’t know what that will look like
it has been to long and my memory fades
I forget what it was like before
before appointments, and blood draws
before screams of pain and bouts of nausea
before jagged bones and sickly skin
 

Comments

  1. janetorrance says

    31 August 2017 at 10:43 am

    Hi Stephanie I have not been able to read your last few blog posts that are password protected. I figure you must have had some trolls, but can I have the password? Jane
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  2. Margaret DaSilva says

    17 December 2019 at 10:19 pm

    Hugs to you Stephanie, I don’t know what to say. It’s all so overwhelming.

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    • Mama Outpost says

      18 December 2019 at 10:48 am

      Thank you Margaret, you have been with us on this voyage from the very start and you love and support means a lot to me 🙂

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