Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) Is It Perhaps Poem by James McLain

Going not;
into that goodnight; while not being afraid of the dark
because perhaps it is.
Like; the clock chime it's sound, each the hour
as knives and daggers slice through my brain.
Again and again.
I look in the mirror and see,
what you see, a reasonably decent looking man
of that many years, would you know.
Am I a coward now.
Here, look behind my eyes, look here, go ahead.
Picture 'Bruce Jenner' running around the track
with no legs.
Picture the woman with no breasts too feed her kids.
Picture the man with no club, to leave his children too.
Picture 'Picasso' with no eyes,
Stevie Wonder with no keys, Martin Luther king,
without a dream
and I am where I never should have ever come.
I know you mean well, you just can not compare it too a
midsummer night dream,
nor force the acorn to grow into the mighty oak tree
it will become not overnight,
because you need the wood right now,

Some because of this may never grow at all.
Being born again, over and over with pre knowledge
that you have to watch your self,
die each time more uselessly than the time before
over and over again.
Do not mistaken this for depression, because it's not.
Maybe this is why you think some children are born
without a conscious.
What did they see too you, what did you do too them.
Beings; being what they are and what are you.
Am I afraid, are you?
Imagine you need to be well enough to ask for help.
now Imagine you are that child whom has no voice.





Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Traumatic events that may trigger PTSD include violent personal assaults, natural or human-caused disasters, accidents, or military combat.

People with PTSD have persistent frightening thoughts and memories of their ordeal and feel emotionally numb, especially with people they were once close to. They may experience sleep problems, feel detached or numb, or be easily startled.
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