I sit alone just looking
around,
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Scripture Psalm 28: 7
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My mind going away from
me,
Familiar faces become strangers,
This
is not how life's supposed to be.
A loving spouse stands
across the room,
Once I knew the movements so
clear,
A child's laughter echoes across
time,
Pieces of memory held ever so
dear.
I know there is a sky rising
above me,
The shimmers of light at night are
stars,
The moon is still a reality to this
mind,
But I can't recall who my friends
are.
The baby playing in its crib
cooing and happy,
A fifth generation that
brings great pride,
Yet there is a gap I
can't remember them at all,
I bow my head in
shame, lost and alone I cried.
Why has this disease
overtaken me?
Robbing all thoughts that I
held dear,
Even my child is alien to me most
days,
Where goes the memories that
disappear?
Alone I live in my forgotten
world,
Void of memory, though I've
tried,
There is nothing left to look forward
to,
Deeper into this abyss I
slide.
Morning breaks into a new
day,
Yet I do not know yesterday is
past,
I see no tomorrows or next
year,
Just emptiness I can't
surpass.
Gayle Davis©
01 September
2007
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