Dementia
I was the sun with flame and flare
‘til time did cloud my head,
a lively lord with hounds and mare
but now I lie in bed
I am the moon with pallid glow
a lone ghost light instead,
my mind a maze I do not know
I call for dogs long dead
(Published in "The Raven Review", 2025)
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