Poem about understanding and coping with dememtia

Walking With Dementia

By Paul McCann



When he gets up in the morning ,
he begins to roam .
He’s walking with dementia and very far from home .
He’s looking for a car he parked just the other day .
It could be round the corner a million miles away .
Surrounded by emotions of people in his life ,some of them are his children ,
some of them are his wife,some of them he recognizes but can’t remember who ,
he’s never really sure of who he might bump into .
He’s walking with dementia just as the sun goes down and searching for that car he parked on the edge of town .
The night falls down as he is left very far from home .
Walking with dementia .
Somehow he’s not alone .