For Agnes
Alzheimer's?
Dementia?
She's in absentia.
What's in a name?
It's a medical game!
My mother is leaving and I am grieving.
No naming, no blaming,
No ranting or raving,
No crying or singing.
No staying and praying
Nothing will stop the inexorable flowing
Of her going.
My mother is leaving and I am grieving.
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Submitted on November 13, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 293 |
Words | 54 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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