An electrical impulse in my brain gone awry.

A jumble of incoherent words heard by friends.

Will I die?

My speech comes back.

A memory gap.

But not a stroke.

 

In the hospital it comes on again

With no pain.

The words are clear. I feel no fear

Just frustration that people can not hear

What I want to say.

 

How long will I stay

A cyborg on a hospital ward

Tangled in wires?

These fires in my brain

Will they return again?

 

Discharged with a diagnosis of seizure

With more pills to add to my store.

Will the electricity in my brain

Misfire again and seizure end in …