Louise Mathewson

LOST

I lost the map
inside my brain,
neurons stretched
beyond their reach.

Now, messages
stopped in their tracks
can't find their way.
The must discover
other routes
to make commections.

New roads
need to be created.
A fresh map
must be drawn.

Louise Mathewson is a previous contributor to Wordgathering. Matthewson's life with traumatic brain injury is the subject of her book in progress, A Life Interrupted reviewed in this issue.