Please Don’t Judge

Please don’t judge me or say a bad name
There’s something unique about my brain
It suddenly shifted one night long ago
My head struck the window, a very hard blow

This crash was so fast like the blink of an eye
I ask the lord why? Why didn’t I die?
To understand this is a grand mystery
Something so awful had happened to me

I remember the headlights spinning around
In a matter of seconds there wasn’t a sound
I may get confused and get lost time to time
One person decided to commit a crime

My memory is fading more each day
If only remembering could be the old way
Behavior’s dramatic and often extreme
I pray to wake up in a nightmare or dream

One person decided to drink first then drive
Again & again. “Be happy you’re ALIVE”
I cannot fix whatever took place
My memory is pleading, please don’t erase

Acquiring an injury to the right of my brain
Some days a huge emotional drain
I don’t wish for pity or sympathy please
I’m gently pleading with delicate ease

Please don’t criticize or say I’m a lost cause
What I need from you is to stop and to pause
Just think for a moment how one’s life would be
A life with acquired brain injury

One last request to get this poem over
No matter what happens,
ALWAYS DRIVE SOBER!!

Thank you,
Christine Moore
from Canada