Dear Mom

I have been living inside you

Feeling what it’s like to be confused.

I understand now this is how

You felt in the beginning.

Hypothyroidism has come knocking

At my door, but unlike Alzheimer’s

There is a cure for my disease.

I’m living inside you – I’m in your fog.

Mental confusion, Poor concentration

All part of my Hypothyroidism.

Mental confusion, Poor concentration

All part of your Alzheimer’s.

Dear Mom, I understand now

How you must have felt.

You were afraid and all alone.

It is a living hell.

Deborah Ann Tornillo

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