My mother was so full of life
and living was a joy.
It seemed as she grew older
she just surprised me more.
I saw her as my mother;
I found her as my friend
but that was just before
the beginning of the end.
Won't somebody please
do something about Alzheimer's Disease?
Won't somebody please
do something about Alzheimer's Disease?
I took care of my mother;
I tried the best I could.
We had some really good times,
but some that weren't so good.
It seems all I can think of--
It haunts me day and night;
Re-living all the bad times
and what I didn't do right.
Won't somebody please
do something about Alzheimer's Disease?
Won't somebody please
do something about Alzheimer's Disease?
I look into the mirror;
I see my mother's face.
I reach out for something;
I see I have her hands.
I think I have her hair
now that it's turning gray.
I wonder if I'll be like her
in every way?
Won't somebody please
do something about Alzheimer's Disease?
Won't somebody please
do something about Alzheimer's Disease?
It's in most every family,
everywhere I go;
Someone's losing someone
that they love so.
These should be the best times,
not the very worst.
These are the last times;
Why do they have to hurt?
Won't somebody please
do something about Alzheimer's Disease?
Won't somebody please
do something about Alzheimer's Disease?
may you be strengthened by the lord during this difficult time. my heart goes out to you. (((HUGS))) to you for telling others about this scourge known as alzheimer's. i took care of my grandma (but thank god, she never had alzheimer's; her mind remained sharp til the end), who lived to be 92 1/2.
it is a horrible disease, and far too many families are affected. bravo for writing such a powerful poem!! love, your friend, karen lynn.
Brenda, I understand your pain.
I've worked with alzheimers patients
for many years. Eight years in a
nursing home...six years private duty.
It never gets any easier. It robs the
mind of so many beautiful memories. It'
robs the patients of so many things! Great
write about a subject that needs more
attention. Bravo, Brenda!
Robin Ouzman Hislop's poetry is certainly in dialogue with some of the key architects of the 'poetics of indeterminacy' – both the Modernist strands represented by the likes of Beckett and Stein, and the postmodernist strands represented, initially,
My book of poetry is being redone by me, I have a beautiful cover designed and the book will have a few more than 200 poems in it. I am going to have it printed on demand here in Canada. When it is done I will let you know when it is done and if anyo
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it is a horrible disease, and far too many families are affected. bravo for writing such a powerful poem!! love, your friend, karen lynn.
I've worked with alzheimers patients
for many years. Eight years in a
nursing home...six years private duty.
It never gets any easier. It robs the
mind of so many beautiful memories. It'
robs the patients of so many things! Great
write about a subject that needs more
attention. Bravo, Brenda!