Dementia and Reflection

Dementia and Reflection Years hence beyond the glow of self-confidence When age 'clipses youth and the body weakens And pills prescribed are swallowed to prevent Further, worsening of the brain’s cognizance As the soul pleads relief from the crippling disease, When age 'clipses youth and the body weakens And palsy, skin-mottled hands feel ill at ease As forgetfulness succumbs to hysteria And the soul pleads relief from the crippling disease. Pertinacity strives sans euphoria And dementia replaces the genius With forgetfulness and hysteria Interrupting daily living continuous As the soul meanders without permanence And insidious dementia robs the genius Of faculties, dignity and consciousness; Years hence beyond the glow of self-confidence When the transient soul searches for permanence, And pills are swallowed to retain cognizance.