You learn to walk on eggshells in a house made of landmines. The cruelest part of this detention isn't the joint pain or the "brain fog" that makes me forget my own zip code. It’s the solitary confinement.
So, you stop explaining. You retreat to the isolation wing of your own bedroom. You watch your friends live their lives through a phone screen while you lie perfectly still, trying to convince your own blood to stop attacking your heart lining (pericarditis). Every detention house has guards. Mine are orange vials. lupus detention house
So, I am locked inside. The warden is my immune system. The crime? Simply existing. In a traditional detention center, you know the rules. Don't fight. Don't run. Do your time. In the Lupus Detention House, the rules change by the hour. You learn to walk on eggshells in a house made of landmines
You learn to walk on eggshells in a house made of landmines. The cruelest part of this detention isn't the joint pain or the "brain fog" that makes me forget my own zip code. It’s the solitary confinement.
So, you stop explaining. You retreat to the isolation wing of your own bedroom. You watch your friends live their lives through a phone screen while you lie perfectly still, trying to convince your own blood to stop attacking your heart lining (pericarditis). Every detention house has guards. Mine are orange vials.
So, I am locked inside. The warden is my immune system. The crime? Simply existing. In a traditional detention center, you know the rules. Don't fight. Don't run. Do your time. In the Lupus Detention House, the rules change by the hour.