Well it is here,
That last day of the year,
The day when I look back,
Look back at the year I have had.
It’s been a funny year,
A year in which my wife disappeared,
Disappeared into her own world,
Her world of dementia.
So I now live in two worlds,
The one in which I live MY life,
And when I can get in,
The one in which SHE lives.
Her world is getting harder to break into
Where my world is shrinking,
Shrinking to accommodate hers.
It is not all bad though,
The love between us is strong,
And always will be.
Although the year has been hard
It has its compensations,
I am still singing in the choirs,
And that brings me much joy.
I still write these words,
And these words are important to me,
Almost as important as the music,
The music I have in my life,
Be it Classical or Jazz,
Opera or Country,
Folk or Modern,
It has always been in my life,
And always will be.
So like each year
It has its ups and downs,
But I am here,
And I go into the New Year with Joy,
With Joy and Expectation,
With Expectation and Anticipation,
Anticipation that the New Year,
Will be good to me once more,
Because?
Because I am here!
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Author:
Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: May you all look back on this year and see the good times, take them forward into the New Year. A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL.
- Category: Reflection
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A fine write Gold. Happy New Year wishes to you all too!
Thank you Orchi. Much appreciated.
Super work Andy and I do hope all your hopes and expectations come true - do have a happy new year.
Thank you Michael. I hope yours all come to you as well. Happy New Year.
Thanks ANDY for sharing such a BEAUTIFUL HYMN and VIDEO ~ By LOUIS ~ one of my fave singers ! A great ambassador of LOVE ~ PEACE & JOY ~ I say to myself ~ What a Wonderful Man ! Thanks more especially for your beautiful Poem as a tribute to BOTH your Wife & Your Life. Older members of our Church (who are in a similar circumstance) also speak of living "two" lives ! One in the REAL World (with all its joys & sorrows) and the other in loving (but so often uncommunicative) fellowship with their now comatose Partner ~ and together they thank GOD "FOR ALL THE GOOD TIMES !" Thanks for caring & sharing ANDY ~ every Blessing to you and yours for 2018 ~ Your Friend on MPS BRIAN.
Thank you Brian, blessings to you and yours as well, may the New Year be good to you.
May you continue to find the strength to appreciate life's blessings in the face of great challenges, Goldie. I admire your spirit which comes through in your writes. Kudos, my friend, and a blessed new year!
Thank you Louis, you are so kind. May your New Year be filled with joy.
Have a wonderful new year!
You as well pb, thank you.
Goldfinch, your New Year poem is touching, tender, sad, happy, hopeful, thankful.....just a wonderful poem to end the year with. I wish you both all the BEST for 2018.
Thank you Fred, 2018 WILL be a good year.
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