STOLEN

 

Alzheimer's disease is an absolute curse - one that is impacting my family every day.

STOLEN …. Maureen Clifford ©  The #ScribblyBarkPoet

 

Steal away, when did you steal away –

was it faeries came and stole you from our hearth?

Steal away, we watch you steal away

and there’s nothing seems to stop it when it starts.

Now we watch and fear for a sister held dear

The one that we have always loved and known

We watch her steal away, no way to make her stay

as this cursed disease has now its colours shown.

 

She slowly steals away, we see it day by day

Outwardly she just simply looks the same.

But her words now fade she finds it hard to say

what is on her mind, even her loved ones name.

Family fear for her, we love her.  We endure,

and try to hold to our reality

She’ll never need us more – this woman we adore

who’s been stolen … an unwilling detainee.

 

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