I turn away and leave the bedroom but I hear behind me the
scuttling of legs and then the feeling of those legs on my back. I momentarily
stop walking. “Hello again…” I continue on my way…
Exploring the impact of disability and Parkinson's disease
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Row of black eyes
“I feel ill, I’m going back to bed.” I drag myself to my
bedroom and upon opening the door I see a huge spider scuttling around on my
bed. It must be a metre wide. The spider hears me, stops its scuttling and
turns to face me. It’s row of black eyes look at me intently and as it
nervously moves its legs says: “Sorry, there’s no respite for you, nowhere for
you to go to get away from Parkinson’s. I am always going to be there, crawling
over your body and through your mind, spinning my sticky, silken webs to
ensnare you.”
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