Concussions Poems - Poems about Concussions

I Know That Silence

...I know that silence you hold in your chest,
The scream behind smiles, the ache in your rest.
Where love means walking a thin wire line,
And his “I’m sorry” feels like a red warning sign.
I know a...

The Eternal Question: God, No God, Maybe God

...The Eternal Question: God, No God, Maybe God
				By Tarian Marks

I had a thought about if God didn't exist
What if man alone was responsible for these temptations that we couldn't resist?
What ...

How Do You Feel

...How Do You Feel?

I don’t feel great on any given day,
 I know that’s not a too great thing to say,
but were you in my shoes, you’d understand, I’m sure
because I’m cursed with something for whi...

Badazkillr

...#BadAzKillR

he squeezed gently
pinching the lever once again
and felt the intense power being let
loose travel up his arm …
whiffs of sulfur smoke acting like a
drug on his sinuses
eyes wide...

Concussions

...Dear football although the thrill of you brings me joy 

I find it a struggle to be a normal boy

The repeated hits to the head have left me struggling to think 

Even looking at the slightest ...

International Drunkenness

...Vodka seems to be part of the Russians.
It's like order and structure for Prussians.
Vodka opens the mind,
but it makes one inclined
to fall over and suffer concussions.

How t...

Ice Saccades

...slipping
   when the wallpaper walks
   and the floor
   pulls the wind out of you



*saccades: a rapid movement of the eye between fixation points
  (impaired, as with concussions, causes v...

Bethlehem

...Bed.
Bedlam.
Bethlehem.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy:
Something with football and clandestine
Conferences, like political campaigns.
Suicides just outside the bride's bridal shower,
Becaus...

Bottom of Totem Pole

...Bottom of Totem Pole

Oh my gosh and do bless my soul
Someone is at bottom of totem pole
Then try to control way they vote
Making them become a scapegoat.

Are always rocks and a hard place
T...

A Walk In the Rain

...A walk in the rain

I took a walk in the rain today.
Looked down at wet pavement under my feet.
Not wanting to slip and fall.
Two concussions in a year was too much for me.
A brain bleed too, t...

When Madness Rides On Moonlight

...Days pass into the weak, loveless nights. The moon blinks.
The stars swirl beneath Van Gogh’s brush, as he links.
Comet light passes twisting cypresses, a schizophrenic’s concussion.
On and on, th...

The Punching Bag - Through the Eyes of a Child

...The Punching Bag - Through the Eyes of a Child

Each day the pattern was the same,
for all Dad’s shortcomings, my Mom got the blame. 
WHACK! He cursed her for a...

The True Form of Life

...The True Form of Life
Life: A timeless adventure from beginning to end.Beginning as  an infant with no worries or secrets,To an elderly senior with desires to live and explore, More than it’s given ...

The Winds of Change

...Feel the winds of change, dear friend,
They are a blowing.
Brethren beneath a common cause,
Kindred spirits, gather united.
To stand tall against opposing 
Factions,
Yet we remain strong survivors,
O...

Doctor's Orders

...Physician’s convictions to poison their patients,
Procedures with Ether, cold X-Ray stations 
A thousand scans in milligrams, 
Lobotomies and Amputations…
 
Surgeries to transform me, 
Imperfections ...

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