Alex (An Ideal)

Dear Alex,

“I feel panicked inside…

I am more shy now since the concussion.

Finding out how extremely shy that I was pre-concussion has me distraught because I want to meet him, but I’m afraid that I will run in the other direction – again!

I can’t tell if this reactivity is due to heightened self protection due to injury – or because I know that he can actually ‘see me,’ more truly than anyone ever has before.

I have never let anyone that close to me, even when I wanted to.”

Alex (An Ideal)

Dear Alex,

“I couldn’t stay there.

I just couldn’t do it, today.

The worst part is that this concussion has knocked me back hard.

I keep getting up, determined to keep rallying.

But my face and body are swollen as I sway blearily like a hard-core prize fighter getting dizzy.

There’s no clear sight…

Just instinct’s adjusting memory of where I need to be aiming.”