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Alzheimer’s Prayer

February 6, 2020 Leave a Comment

When I cannot recall your face or name,
Come visit me.
Sit close and paint my memories
with your words.
 
When my joints are gnarled and useless,
Hold my hand.
Warm my tangled fingers between your
praying palms.
 
When my bones ache and my body fails,
Take me to the ocean.
Let me face the falling tide and breathe in
sea’s last light.
 
When my words are gone and evening falls,
Sing me Shenandoah.
Hold me close and let the last notes ring, long after
I am sleeping.

Alzheimer's Prayer

In memory of my mother, Clella Mae [October 1926 – January 2020]

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: aging, Alzheimer's, family, mothers

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In my spare time, I write unfinished novels and songs about cowboys.

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