fdelano Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Unusual to awake in the middle hours with no visitors, no dancers who want to hold me tight and relive moments of horror as they perished. Don’t think I’m complaining, except maybe for the loss of sleep. Hell, I will not complain if I never sleep again until I join you in Elysium. Has the quota for one who hates to dance finally reached empty? Did my out of step performance annoy you as I screamed for help? Is it perhaps that the ballroom allows for just a few elders that will not jostle the beginners who have only recently received late invitations? Please, let me will dance in their stead if their faulted brains will allow me to tap your shoulder, take your bony hands and sway to our macabre music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 PTSD -- I won't even feign to understand. But I will say that I think the speaker is far from fully recovered. The dancers are absent, and that's a relief, but what remains? Insomnia? The way the long-term sufferer welcomes the new recruits is also of particular interest. He offers his own experience! Thanks for sharing this, Franklin. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelano Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 PTSD -- I won't even feign to understand. But I will say that I think the speaker is far from fully recovered. The dancers are absent, and that's a relief, but what remains? Insomnia? The way the long-term sufferer welcomes the new recruits is also of particular interest. He offers his own experience! Thanks for sharing this, Franklin. Tony Many thanks for your interest in this one, Tv. No doubt, the affliction is different in intensity and details, but affects many more than anyone imagined. I'm one of the lucky. Some are almost completely disabled mentally. How strange that physical trauma to the brain can be caused by purely mental affects. fdh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Franklin. You highlight well something which represents a high price paid in human terms,by those who serve and have served to preserve our way of life. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelano Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 Franklin. You highlight well something which represents a high price paid in human terms,by those who serve and have served to preserve our way of life. G. Geoff, I wish it were in our lives that someday we could share a beer--or some hemlock. Thank you for reading and your thoughts. fdh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 You are welcome. I shall drink to your health on this beautiful day with a pint of chilled dry cider. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelano Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 You are welcome. I shall drink to your health on this beautiful day with a pint of chilled dry cider. Geoff Back at you, my friend. Mine (these days) is wine over ice. Oh, for a 10:1 martini. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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