Look Behind You

by Sibel Hodge

But what’s happened to me? Have I been in an accident? That’s it. An accident. I’m in hospital. I’m lying on an operating table, and the anaesthetic is wearing off,

move, but she could see everything the doctors were doing. She could speak, too. They were shocked when she told them all she could see them. Can I speak? ‘Hello?’ I try, but my mouth feels stuffed with cotton wool, my voice distorted and muffled. So why can’t I see? Why is it so dark?