Brain Dead

Turn me off

Pull the plug

Leave me with some dignity

I am not

What I was

And I don't need the sympathy

Alive inside me

No one can hear me

Brain dead

I'm not

Brain dead

Sentenced

Forgot

Paralysed

In my shell

Enduring every

Endless day

Immobilized

On my back

Aware of everything

They say

Extricate me

Eliminate me

Brain dead

I'm not

Brain dead

Drip fed

Forgot

I can't blink my eye or cry

Or even speak

They crowd around my bed

Condescending words are said

Thinking I don't hear or know

What is going on - Hello!

Can't you suckers hear my cries

From inside I'm still alive

It's my decision to abort

Turn off the goddamn life support

Let me pass

From this world

So I fade away in peace

Comprehending

Unrelenting

Brain dead

I'm not

Brain dead

Sentenced

Forgot

Brain dead

I'm not

Brain dead

Drip fed

Forgot