"TBIs and the Symphony of Neurons"
Psychologically speaking,
Traumatic brain injuries
Change who you are
In its entirety.
The brain is who we are;
We are just meat suits -
With an electrical grid,
Full of flashing sparks.
A symphony of neurons -
Exploding and connecting,
Constantly making
New discoveries.
Memories, fleeting -
Trauma kills overtime -
As we exist
In this life.
Emotions are
Like wildfire;
It is hard to
Control emotions
With my TBI.
I have a TBI;
I got it at
3 years old.
How I got it
Was by jumping
On the bed,
And cracking
My head open.
My mind works
Like a kaleidoscope;
I see things in
Black and gray,
But I take in
So much information
It's not even funny.
Some people say
TBIs are like
"Broken glass"
But me and
The rest of my friends
Who have TBIs
Are not broken.
Our identities shifted
Due to everything
That gone on.
Traumatic brain injuries
Shifts everything
At once.
Subconsciously,
We stumble
Into
Chaos.
You would
Be foolish
To think
Our brains
Are
Immutable.
Identities change
Overtime -
They're fluid,
Much like space.
We are
More than chaos,
We are
The music.
We are
Who we are
At the end
Of the day.
About this poem
All about my traumatic brain injury, we are not broken; we are the music and we are chaos.
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Written on March 15, 2024
Submitted by EtherealHydri on March 20, 2024
Modified by EtherealHydri on March 20, 2024
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Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 8, 7, 7, 3, 3, 4, 6, 4, 4, 4 |
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