My mind is fading
The dust is settling in
It suffocates me
I want to say I love you
But dementia won’t let me
Apr 11, 2018
Apr 11, 2018 at 12:50 PM UTC
My mind is fading
The dust is settling in
It suffocates me
I want to say I love you
But dementia won’t let me
This is a poem that follows tanka and is written for my grandfather who passed. His dementia made him so angry he was unable to tell us he loved us near the end. Even so, we knew
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