At first I saw you standing by the road Just one, to let the world know: ‘I am here’, That glance that stole my heart and really showed The power of that beauty when so near. Soon others then appeared in similar flush, I loved you all, I knew not how to choose, You spread to fields afar in one red blush, Not one of you, could I, afford to lose. Yet was not love [...]

To change your brain, it takes a lot of work, Some hours per day and every day you need Tense focus, it is not a job to shirk, The Brain - it’s hunger cries for us to feed. But what’s the nourishment it likes the best To ease the pain that lingers deep inside And satiate its aching need - 'unrest' Then wait and watch to see what will betide? It yearns no less, for [...]

The Reward In most, it’s just a very normal thing, Receiving plaudits as you strive to reach A goal, that life has helped us all to bring, To focus on, to learn and then to teach. For those who have a neuroplastic hole It’s harder to believe that this is right, ‘Cause they believe for them there is no goal, Why bother then, the evidence is tight. But there’s a crack, that needs a dose [...]

I have taken license with Rudyard Kipling's poem "If" to help me make sense of my disease. Hope there is something useful in it for you as well: “When” When you can make some sense of your disease As you try to see the forest among the trees, Find the hidden sunshine - feel the breeze And keep on moving lest you quickly freeze; When you can walk and make the most of walking, Improve [...]