Sometimes I hear a tinny noise like a mosquito buzz, in my ears, or is it my mouth, and I have to remind myself that the time I picked up a radio signal, one time, doesn’t mean that I can claim to be a radio, but I still worry about the buzzing. Am I getting tinnitus like me da, or did I really actually get an infection? I’m so worried for a silent forever, for losing the pulse of my drum nor in her voice, so sweet and high or gravel in a valley her magic is one I cannot lose - it’s probably nothing but the acoustics and the lamp by the weaker ear, I’ll get it checked out: I’ll play my drum more. I’ll crave and fear the silence.
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Conor Darrall
Short stories, poetry and some burble . Irish traditional musician, medieval swords guy, draoi and strange egg. Bipolar/ADD/CPTSD/Brain Damage. Currently querying my novel 'The Forgotten 47' - @conordarrall / www.conordarrall.com
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Conor, I’ve never related to something more. Before my tinnitus diagnosis, I feared losing my hearing. But you learn to live with the buzzing. 🤷♀️😅 I love how this is formatted. Thanks for sharing!
Snap, snap, snap!!!
These things happen, but great to see you writing, we fear anything that takes things from us
"I’ll crave and fear the silence." -- I love that. :) I can almost hear you beginning to play the drum toward the end!
Love this, Conor! I had a sudden noise induced hearing loss last year which did recover (mostly) after steroids but it was really scary, and I’m an audiologist, and a trumpet player. I sometimes crave and fear the silence too. I do wear earplugs a lot more now than I did in my first couple decades though! 😩🤷🏼♀️