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Ode To Alzheimer Poem

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Ode to Alzheimer Ever since the days of winter, spring, and fall I am finding it increasingly difficult to recall Summer may be here, but I’m definitely not Little by little, I’m losing all I’ve been taught Small pieces of me break away each day The mirror shows someone lost in a way I am unable to explain and cannot describe What I am feeling, doing, or thinking inside She and the doctor sit facing each other He tenderly says the dreaded words to her Ever since that day, she’ll often have a cry God bless her, since she doesn’t know why Ever since the days of winter, spring, and fall She’s finding it increasingly difficult to recall Summer may be here, but she’s definitely not Little by little, she loses all she’s been taught Small pieces

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