My birth name is Thomasina but Everyone came to call me Tommi. It was short, easy to remember for I was having trouble remembering anything!
I became a skilled mimic. What no one understood, for several years, was that the mimicry were the people I believed I was!
In addition I saw people who were never seen! My family came to think I was mentally gifted because the people I "saw" always appeared minutes later!
By my twelfth birthday, however, everyone knew there was something seriously wrong with me. I would twitch uncontrollably and the neighborhood children often called me "spastic."
I withdrew, staying shut up in the house for days at a time. I couldn't think straight, couldn't concentrate long enough theo draw a logical conclusion, on anything!
I submitted to treatment when I was 13.
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Poetry of a Patient Man
PuisiPoetry. This first book deals with mentality and emotionalism. The ones that follow will focus on other subjects.
