On Concussions

My roommate got five stars stitched into his head.

And a Concussion.

He didn't remember any of it. Or any of the day before. Or the day before.

This morning he woke up and found a note that informed him of his situation. It also told him to take some pills for nausea if he had any. By then, he remembered the day before, and the day before the day before. But he didn’t remember the accident or the hospital. 

What if while he was in the emergency room there was a little girl in the chair next to him, and he told her not to be scared and they had a really great conversation? He doesn't remember it if he did. He doesn't remember a whole person. 

Maybe.


What if you got hit harder? Seven stars hard. What if you forgot who you were and no one left any notes? What if you had to relearn everything about yourself?

Would it be like, you had to find out that person you were so you could be yourself again?

Or would it be compare and contrast? You know. Who you were and who you want to be.