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Dementia

A poem about memories and forgetting them

Photo by @plqml // felipe pelaquim on Unsplash

Memories of you The past is gone Wondering how long A memory Will stay strong.

A vision in their head It’s you they see instead Can’t remember the face Because they know You are now dead.

The memories return Recurring thoughts Never last The present is here The hours are dear.

Faces disappear Wiped from the mind Returning In a moment of reprise But then the dementia Muddles them unkind.

A person who forgets Is never forgotten Cherishing the days When they see us for real Before disintegrating Into the abyss of time A horrendous ordeal No one should feel.

Restrained and sad Confusion is bad We wonder at bay When the next day Will bring A memory to stay.

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