Tuesday, 5 August 2008

A place i like to go


I have had a message asking what I look like? - The answer is i have changed a lot since July 2007, I was once 15 stone of rugby playing handsomeness - athletic - bronzed - 6'2" tall with a Boris Johnson mop of golden hair.

Now i am much lighter touching just 12 stone - scrawny, my complexion is pale and drawn the left side of my face is scared from the burns which has the effect of curling my lip slightly upwards giving me a permanent sneer -and my head is no longer a perfect oval due to the heavy impact it took in the accident causing my skull to shatter - my hair is lifeless greying and thinned dreadfully - i walk with a limp due to the severe fractures to my left leg and this also conspires to give me a modest stoop - due to severe burning the fingers on my left hand have become fused together to form a talon like monstrosity or a limb ending. I realise that this all makes me sound like some kind of freak from Dickens novel but so be it this is what i see when i look in the mirror (something i try to avoid).......

I attempt to disguise my looks with a baseball cap - sunnies and oversize clothing and for the most part i escape the notice of many and only on occasion do i scare animals and children......But hey i am alive....

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