This is part of Ronovanwrite’s Weekly Haiku Challenge.
Why can I not mend
The confusion in your brain
Memory ripped out.
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #257 Rip&Mend
10 Jun 2019 6 Comments
in Poems Tags: #257 Rip&Mend, #weekly Haiku, Altzhimers, CHALLENGE, Poetry prompt, Ronovanwrites
He is out in the garden.
09 Jun 2019 36 Comments
in Poems Tags: Altzhimers, Depression, loneliness, stress, trying to cope
He is out in the garden with the secateurs again
The flowers are looking nervous and praying for rain.
The airing cupboard is wearing a smile
He’s is busy elsewhere so it has peace for a while.
We need to eat, it must be time for dinner.
No but we have pie and custard, always a winner.
Who is this woman, what is her name
It is my sister I have told you again and again
The gentleman is nice but why is he here
He is my sister’s hubby my dear.
Oh!You are busy, too busy to call?
Yes I’m okay I just cope with it all.
Thing is I am tired and really stressed
I’m at the end of my tether but doing my best.
He is out in the garden with the secateurs again
The flowers are looking nervous and praying for rain.
I am so lonely, with no conversation
I need some company for self-preservation.
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I wrote this poem about Altzhimers after a telephone conversation with my sister this morning.
Twittering Tales #139 – 4 June 2019 – Book Titles
04 Jun 2019 15 Comments
in photo prompt, Talking Straight, Twittering Tales Tags: #139, Altzhimers, – 4 June 2019, Book Titles, Kat Myrman, Twittering Tales
Photo by Portrait of Tracy at Pixabay.
Tuesday afternoon, three hundred steps away. Two hours sanctuary at the library, he always has a carer so she’s not worried.
Books don’t ask questions, they don’t get agitated they were quiet.
She smiles chats advises be herself not a carer. Pratchett he made her remember.
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My sister’s husband has Alzheimer’s. Though she has help her life is so changed. He is no longer a husband but a confused child. She has to cope 24/7 with strange quirks, confusion, and difficult behaviour. She helps in the library for a couple of hours a week while hubby has a carer. ….. Such a cruel disease.
