Whose Face Is This?
I want to remember you
the same way you used to be.
But what’s frightening and scary
is soon you won't know me.
The person you’re becoming
is a husk of who you were.
What’s worse is I can't tell if
you're seeing it occur.
Will you regret your grudges
as your brain becomes swiss cheese?
Even bad times destined to
become lost memories.
Do you still know I love you
as the darkness closes in?
After all you’re still breathing,
still smile now and again.
I think that you’re yet in there
with such confusion abound.
You must be screaming inside
as this nightmare confounds.
“Whose face is this I see now?”
–you’re wondering to yourself,
“Patch me back into more than
undeciphered intel!”
Or maybe your conscience is
dying too –despite your might.
Lord, I cannot stand to watch
you stripped of all your light!
Alzheimer’s or dementia
whichever, I'm just not sure,
But one thing that is certain:
you’re standing at death’s door!
About this poem
This could honestly be anyone's story. Thankfully, treatments are emerging.
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Submitted by JokerGem on May 08, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 968 |
Words | 192 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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