Michael Aldieri

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2022

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“I am dying” by Michael Aldieri

Submitted to Contest #163

 I am dying. As are we all. From the moment of conception we, each of us, climb thru life only to begin a descent toward the inevitable. Death. For the last 66 years I have never before experienced the feeling of dying and, at first, I was terrified. Now, I’ve accepted the conclusion of my own demise and am only afraid of how those who love me will. I do not have any disease which can be identified as a physical illness however. No, it is a mental one, or so I’ve been told. Depression: a feeling of such immense sorrow as to cause phys...

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I am 66 years old and have been writing mostly poems and lyrics for many years. This is my first submission and only the second story I've written. Yes, it is me writing about me