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Essay: "Childhood"

by Vondric Barlow
Isolation

I've read that isolation builds character. I'm alone in this concrete box 23 hours a day; with myself, by myself. So I'll assume being confined to Ad Seg is the ultimate test. Never before have I experienced such an intimate companionship than I've established here, in isolation, in the middle of the night.

Deep within myself there is a teacher that I never knew existed. Questions are asked that none can answer but me. The test is difficult because again I only have myself. I look within, listen, I learn. So it's here, in isolation, as I build my character that I enjoy this rigorous yet intimate companionship in the middle of the night.

Vondric Barlow