by: Thomas B. Welch
I am no longer the man I once was
A past that seems so long ago in a faded dream
But it feels as if it was just only yesterday
Trodding to somewhere but ending up nowhere
Alone in an empty world that was once filled
With so many colors
Now the colors have long faded
Into barren space
All confused and baffled you notice
Your voice no longer sounds as it once had
"You were in a six week Coma stuck down
by a vehicle
Down thar on South 27th street," the nurse
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Near an exit to lead you home
But you never made it home
On that rainy September night
Paramedics shout to one another
As you fade into darkness
You can no longer Dream
Not in the world of darkness
1991 TBI/SCI survivor