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What must it be like in the mind of an E sufferer?

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Oneday when I was in deep thought about everything, I wrote this. I was thinking about how hard it must be for someone to 'wake up' oneday and everything be so different but you don't know why. I can only imagine how scary and weird this must be. I hope you don't think it is to silly, it is just what I was thinking at the time....

Please don’t laugh at me when you see me cry
I am like this for some reason, I have no idea why.
One day I woke up from a very bad dream
Into a place so unfamiliar
I feel like I should scream!
I seem to not remember things
I seem to be worn out
If only I knew,
What this was all about.

Encephalitis they called it
I have no idea what this means.
I’ve gone from been young and free,
Confident to face the world
To a whole different person, with no memory it seems.
I try to understand this and why it has happened to me
But I struggle with this new life,
I just want to flee!

My families are here, they do not leave my side
I know they love me and will always be here,
But I just want them to understand and know what it is like,
I’m scared, I am angry; I just want my friends,
I have just become a grown up and I feel like I am going around the bend!

It will take some time to heal,
That's what I hear every day,
But I just want my life back, to the way it once was
I worked, I studied, I enjoyed time with my friends.
I don’t understand, why has this now come to an end?
Please do not cry for me, just be here to help me through
Encephalitis has taken a part of me
Just as easy as it could have been you.

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