It’s a disturbing feeling
When your mouth speaks words
That do not match the words
Your mind is thinking
When it first started
I didn’t think much of it
Now it has become worrisome
I would like to say
It is a mind too full of thoughts
Combined with lack of focus
But that is not the case
Awareness of what I am saying
Has never been more heightened
Thus the greater alarm
When the words come out all wrong
No symptoms of an underlying issue
No evidence of stroke
Only jumbled sentences
Of words mis-spoke
Treatment protocol has started
To improve cognition and memory
It seems to be helping
At least it’s easing the misery
Of worrying
I’m too young to lose my mind
I wish that I had invested my time
Less in doing and accomplishing
More in seeing and just being
E.A. Fussell
11.02.2020
E. A. Fussell 