The thing about surviving brain injury
There is no funeral for the old you
The one who could thrive
She is no longer here
Yet she never truly died
Her life was never honoured
No funeral, no service
No flowers sent
No mourning of the loss
Of that free spirit
The only one grieving was
The lone survivor
But she survived!
They say
But she looks fine!
They claim
How can she grieve while being alive.
Yet life is more than a heartbeat
The survivor knows
Life is about living
Life is about feeling
And she will be feeling grief
For the rest of hers
Living in the afterlife
So much yes. 2 years later, and though my son survived his aneurysm and strokes, i'm still grieving the loss of who he was.