An Unknown Home

My home isn’t like most, 
There are no mirrors or black 
On my floors or walls,
I know that people look at me and judge 
But sometimes I'm not sure what it is all about.
I see my family and friends upset,
Every day a piece of me slips away.
Some days I get mad and go off.
I started hitting and kicking the other day  
the shakes have stared to settle in and I'm unsteady on my feet. 
My memory isn’t what it use to be 
The pictures that cover the walls help me.
Never thought it would ever come down to wearing one of these.
Or being fed in bed, could this really be the end? 
At least my journey was with the ones  I loved while this disease decided to take me.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011


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Date: 1/9/2012 7:00:00 PM
wow,,great feature,,cory,,,congrats,,,,sista......
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Date: 1/9/2012 11:49:00 AM
Cory,congratulations on the week`s win!! :) oxox love from Anne-Lise
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Date: 1/9/2012 8:13:00 AM
Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week Cory. I wish you the best in 2012 with your writing. Love, Carol
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Date: 4/27/2011 1:40:00 PM
i'm amazed that someone with alzhiemers could write so profoundly. In other words, nice job of getting in the head of the poor soul who is suffering. May we find a cure soon.
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Date: 4/17/2011 4:27:00 PM
this is so sad and wonderful
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Date: 4/16/2011 5:14:00 PM
Good personification of the disease called Alzheimers...Thanks for stopping by and the kind review of my work..Sara
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Date: 4/16/2011 2:19:00 PM
Yes that is a terrible disease but thank goodness it doesn't strike the young. There is another disease "Huntington's" that does take the young. I lost a granddaughter at eleven. For a moment I was afraid you were describing it. Love, Joyce
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