CT Angiogram of a dual aneurysm at the junction of the right internal carotid and middle cerebral artery.

Aneurysm.

the roots of yggdrasil,

giving breath and bloom to

our most human essence.

constant, unwavering.

until, of course, the moment it finds fault. genetic, metabolic, microbial, whatever. couches, salty meals and cigarettes. a weakened wall where your carotid artery meets your middle cerebral. the swelling siege compressing your pituitary and optic nerve. the very fluid that runs the machine threatens to split the wall and suffocate this neural tree, where memories and emotions, language and movement, ego and identity

dangle like little leaves on the dawn of autumn.

the fragility of it all is only matched by its beauty.