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A Too Soon Good-Bye

A Too Soon Good-bye We watch him leaving a little each day fading Dark shadows dull his fading memory hide his thoughts His eyes see the present yet cannot connect times canyons cannot rebuild bridges between lovers eroded by time He waits as snippets of a life flash before him reaching to touch the shimmering shadows of loss He moves from youth to age – and sits alone - among them Perhaps his need to cry – wanders - weeping for him He will leave us before he leaves us as we watch John G. Lawless 9/7/2016

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Tom Arnone

Date: 9/12/2016 9:22:00 AM

A fine poetic examination of Alzheimer's disease, dementia and memory loss.

Phillip Garcia

Date: 9/9/2016 1:29:00 PM

That's beautiful - very sad indeed but beautifully penned. Such a heartbreaking circumstance

John Lawless
Date: 9/9/2016 5:33:00 PM

thanks for stopping to read and comment Phillip

Tim Smith

Date: 9/8/2016 4:13:00 PM

Terrific write John. I could feel the sense of loss in each stanza

John Lawless
Date: 9/9/2016 5:33:00 PM

Thanks Tim, not a pleasant time or experience.

Caycay Jennings

Date: 9/8/2016 1:06:00 PM

My emotion was touched stanza by stanza, then totally punched by the last one. My Mother just turned 80 and I watch her, the other residents in the senior living and feel all the things your poem covers. And you're right, the woman who raised me has already mostly gone. So bittersweet, so emotionally hard and, also, frightening in many ways. A perfect write, John ... CayCay

John Lawless
Date: 9/9/2016 5:32:00 PM

CayCay, I spent the Labor Day weekend with my oldest brother who is in his 80's and slowly slipping away into Alzheimers.