The 'real me'

I shall never be the same again

My eyesight not so clear

My hearing lessened on both sides

Though I escape more fear

I shall never have the strength I had

The resilience in my heart

To combat whatever I must face

Now I have lost a part

My life will not be diminished

On a different road I'll walk

In isolation, if I don't meet

Someone to whom I'll talk

I know not, I care even less

What fate I now await

No one will see the real me

For that, they are too late

This will be a poem in another book - some are written, some are not.

Audrey Coatesworth