Dementia

A tragic computation
muscle and matter are dwindled
less of the mind is considered
all is compressed into thinner

A blinding sight of lame
unable to capture the human brain
sanity is clearly drained

Make away this pain
I am no one anymore than who I am
I am no one any less than who I am

More to take away and less to spend
economists say I will regress to nothingness
I will fundamentally state the less obvious
in this bed or chair i rest

I am turning into the place of stress 
and again I forget 
and again I repent
and submit my honor to the depths of time

blankly seeing my joy 
fully masking the once agile boy 
and so I begin to see the last moments to employ these men into this battle
love and love my own and only
time to take the understanding of this ailment with embrace
and in its certainty I can escape the mass of truth 
and behold my own

-Jess
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Palli Avatar
September 7, 2010 at 12:35 PM
What a description! Well expressed
Brown Avatar
August 25, 2010 at 5:44 AM
I am happy your poetry was among the poetry I had a chance to read today Jessica. Thank you for sharing your writing. Love, Carol
Flach Avatar
August 24, 2010 at 6:29 PM
Interesting write Jess. I am not sure, but check out stanza 5 - did you mean to use the word "turning" - it could be I am reading it wrong. Thanks for sharing this intriguing poetry with us. Joe
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