Incomplete Recollections
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Quatrain
A stanza or poem consisting of four lines. In the basic form, Lines 2 and 4 must rhyme while having a similar number of syllables.
A plethora of built-up memories
forms firm foundations for time to build upon.
But Alzheimer's is a mental decay,
and all those precious images are gone.
Your unique persona has dwindled to
a few fragments of the person you were.
And time keeps shuffling the missing pieces
as your reality begins to blur.
Your identity was stolen by age,
leaving you feeling confused and afraid.
And you can't recognize the ones you love,
the ones you count on, for comfort and aid.
It's sad when the mind begins to falter,
severing a lifetime of connections.
For there's no escaping oblivion's
collage of incomplete recollections.
(Quatrain)
09-23-2020
Copyright © Emile Pinet | Year Posted 2020
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