Brain Injury

why do I feel ashamed

That my brain is injured?

I can describe my feelings in a few words

Depressed, hopelessness, my thoughts disturbed

Not thinking I deserve to be alive

Why? Why do I feel this way?

Is it because I know what people say ?

Your broken, your weird, your crazy

Nothing more than a liability

You see, I’ve heard all these words before

And they are stored in my mind

Causing my decline behind closed doors

I wish I could ignore or restore

The words that I remember

However they are at the Center

Of what injured members endeavour

On their road to recover

Together we need to make this better

So we don’t feel alone or disowned

Instead listen to what we’re saying

Delaying change is conveying

The idea that nobody cares

Another officer gone by suicide

We cry and say our goodbyes

And then we act surprised

When two weeks later

Another one dies

Your not weak if you see death

And react differently than most

Your strong for standing up

And saying enough is enough!