This is something I wrote some time ago as our family and my son struggled with his mental illness. My son is now 34 years old and is doing very well. He is living independently, has been clean and sober for 14 years; and, he is a wonderful man. I am very proud of him.

Eldon Luce, Program Manager
Placer County Adult System of Care

FEAR (MI at Home), by Eldon Luce

In my fears,

I face this day as if it were a freight train

bearing down on me with full speed.

To which,

its collision

the other shoe falling in the eternities,

is but an echo.

At other times,

in my heart, when stout

I see the stroke of a feather

somewhere far beyond where the tracks

curve over the horizon

having infinitely greater impact

than all these rumbling powers

that shake me from my sleep

to meet the fears of another day.

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