How I hate you, Alzheimers

[tp18]

How I hate you, Alzheimers
With a passion most strong
How I wish, and I hope
That one day you'll be gone

But, I know that you won't
And you'll knock on the door
Once again you will visit
And take away more

How I hate you Alzheimers
For all that you rape
With no sign of remorse
For the memories you take

And you won't give them back
Nor the days or the years
That we suffered so much
With pain and with tears

How I hate you, Alzheimers
For the thing that you are
A disease, yet invisible
When viewed from afar

The person I love
Is the person who's fading
Still there, but a shadow
Is all that's remaining

How I hate you, Alzheimers
Like an old evil witch
Casting spells over lives
You're an unreachable itch

When the night draws in
And the curtains are closed
You don't care at all
For the problems you've posed

How I hate you, Alzheimers
And one day I hope
A cure will be found
To stop your slippery slope

Until then, my foe
We'll struggle and fight
Muddling through, regardless
Of this terrible plight

The thing called Alzheimers
The thing that remains
The thing that destroys
All the lives that it stains

 

[Jess26]

Well done.

 

[Anongirl]

Completely sums up my feelings x

 

[fullmoon]

You have captured the feeling of many!

 

[JigJog]

Oh wow. Thank you so much for this.

You have hit the nail on the head and captured my feelings totally.

Thank you.

 

[60's child]

A very poignant poem that we can all relate to. Well done. I am hopless at putting my feelings down on paper....

 

[2jays]

Strong, passionate poem that resounds deep within me

 

[rush]

Wow

read your poem and I am completely blown away, absolutely everything I am feeling are in those words, brilliant thank you.

 

[CollegeGirl]

Powerful. Wonderful. Exact. Teary now xx

 

[piedwarbler]

Yep, that is how I feel too. Great poem - sad that you had to write it. x

 

[tp18]

Thanks for the kind replies.

I wrote it in my blog (a personal one which I update every few days to remind myself about whats happening with mum, and I believe it also helps keep me a little bit sane )

I have come to view dementia (Alzheimers in my mums case) as a person almost, like a body snatcher! Its "it" that I hate, not her of course.

 

[Deb 50]

Wow this is amazing. Captures my feelings totally. Well done x

 

[NanLorac]

What a great poem.

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