Dementia

Coyote


It’s twenty odd years
since irrational fears
drove away all your
hopes and desires
Now all that remains
is a shell and a frame
of a man that I once
so admired
The light in your eyes
was as bright as the sky
on a cold sunny day
in December
Now the fire is gone
and the light passes on
leaving only the glow
of the embers.

  • Author: Coyote (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 8th, 2021 12:39
  • Comment from author about the poem: For my Dad
  • Category: Unclassified
  • Views: 31
  • Users favorite of this poem: Accidental Poet, L. B. Mek
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  • aDarkerMind

    a poem to touch the hearts of us all.

  • Fay Slimm.

    So sad these well rhymed set of words that is sure to affect minds and hearts of readers. Thank you Coyote for sharing the dreadful life-changing power of dementia as a tribute to your dear Dad

  • HannahElisabeth

    This is to beautifully sad, I'm sorry sorry this happened. Your poem is absolutely beautiful though

  • Accidental Poet

    Excellent write Coyote, I can so relate. My mother passed of Alzheimer's 13 years ago, and my father of 95 is now in last stages of Alzheimer's or Dementia. I have no children, but the other morning he asked me about my little boy.

  • Doggerel Dave

    You do have a way with lines, pace an rhythm, C.
    A neat but comprehensive picture of that condition. Reality absolute.

  • Goldfinch60

    My wife had dementia and died from it. I lived with it for many years watching her disappear from me.
    If anyone thinks they know about dementia and have not lived with it 24/7 they haven't a flaming clue what it is about.

    Andy

  • L. B. Mek

    chaos and turmoil, transmuted
    into Artistry's: veracity
    of unquestioned, Poetic Beauty!
    so happy for you, dear Poet
    a great write
    thank you, for choosing to share
    (sorry for your suffering
    of all the cruel fates of Time
    dementia, has to be
    one of the most heart-breaking;
    morosely unbearable, to survive
    I dare not even imagine
    those scars
    it inevitably tattoos - deep)



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