I decided an acrostic poem utilising my name should describe an aspect of myself.

I suffer from acute-on-chronic, spontaneous, debilitating and often public Brain Farts.

The cause is a combination of impulsivity, nervous talking and social awkwardness.

I have attempted to describe the process, in the hope that the condition may be better understood. While the problem often impacts the people around me, it is something that I live with every day.

I have strategies in place to assist with its management, but as the condition flares up unexpectedly I continue to experience symptoms almost daily.

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Gibberish spills forth with fatuous abandon

Illegitimate ideas shared without consent

Rebelliously the tongue betrays the mind

Labelled villainous, the orator, a casualty of impulse

Benign ideas proliferate at great speed

Erupting effortlessly, independent of cognition

Forever voiced and irretrievable

Observation spontaneously turned to statement

Regret engulfs with equal haste and vigour

Escapees of an atypical mind

Mystifying and confounding to their host

Incongruous, as though passively projected through them by another

Ravaging all in its path

Recklessly gaining momentum

Ominous to all who bear witness

Ramblings of a wretched soul

Original poem and sketches by Hive account@girlbeforemirror