Apr 2019
thief
you rummage
through the hours
****** away today
abduct memories
of sons and daughters
pull drawers open
throwing relationships
on the floor
memories scattered
everywhere
you take light
from the eyes
leave vacant stares
you rob family
of the person
you steal away spirit
and you take your time
snatching one piece
after another
even the ability to eat
before you're through
what's left is a skeleton
with dry bones
eroding in the Sun.
you rummage
through the hours
****** away today
abduct memories
of sons and daughters
pull drawers open
throwing relationships
on the floor
memories scattered
everywhere
you take light
from the eyes
leave vacant stares
you rob family
of the person
you steal away spirit
and you take your time
snatching one piece
after another
even the ability to eat
before you're through
what's left is a skeleton
with dry bones
eroding in the Sun.
This poem is about Alzheimer's disease and the effects it has on family and friends. As well as how the disease robs the person of memories, of children, spouses and can even take away the ability to eat.
(70/F/Brimfield, MA)
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