Silent Epidemic

It’s spreading

Traumas perpetually occur.
Every 21 seconds
One person in the US
Sustains a Traumatic Brain Injury.
These are the statistics,
This is what continually happens,
Of this we can be assured,
We are just now coming to know,
What we have already incurred.

Moving like a slug through time,
Brain injury then, 
Brain injury now, 
Epidemic…
Silently carrying on the infection somehow.

Do you think ADD did not exist 20 years ago?
Before the research…
It just wasn’t explored,
Now, it is quite prevalent,
Yet it is not new,
It’s a silent reality,
Until it affects you!

Why is brain injury soundless?
Car crashes are not quiet,
Yet the injury is reported to be silent,
Quieter than a whisper,
Why
Perhaps…
Maybe…

Mystery lays in the unknown -
Thoughts make noise,
Ignorance is quiet,
People aren’t aware, 
Silence isn’t the epidemic,
The hush covers -
Allows for infectious growth, 
It spreads in a cloud of mystery… 

Brain injury can even be invisible,
Folks can’t see it,
Haven’t heard about it,
Unblemished minds think…
What would it be without me?
What exactly is brain injury?