This was a piece I had entered into the Oxford Literary Festival last year….or I tried to. Maybe it was fate but the email wouldn’t send….
A sense of adventure
Emily’s illness had taken its toll on her. Once young and full of life, she now finds herself imprisoned in her own body. The ravages of the human condition had taken over her body many years ago. Her senses are still active yet she is bed bound and unable to communicate with anyone, there is one thing that keeps her alive, her ability to chew. This involuntary action to something brushing her lips not only nourishes her body, it feeds her soul too. It might not seem like much but this minor action of consuming a meal, something which many of us take for granted, helps to take her on an adventure in her mind. It excites her senses and propels her through space and time, limitless and free.