Wilma Neels Poet Free verse

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"We sometimes get impatient with the elderly and we don't always realise that they yearn for some company" 

'love Me With Your Time'

I might make a noise right now
There will be a time when I go silent 

Will you miss my racket? 
In those days of silence? 

I will no longer yearn for your presence 
Like I do at this very moment 
Will you wonder?
Will you wish?  

For that good morning? 

I might be a nuisance right now 
I might ask you the same thing over and over 

One day 
Some day

My voice will go silent
All I ask today is be patient with me 

Please love me; with your ears 

Please love me; with your time 

Before all you will have 
Is my grave and the memories…

"Thoughts of the aged - loneliness don't discriminate " 

©134517022015

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Gordon Mcconnell April 22, 2016 at 5:01 PM Such lovely sentiments Wilma, love so evident here, beautifully penned!

Andrea Dietrich February 18, 2015 at 12:00 AM It's SO great having you back and seeing poems like this again, wilma. VEry good writing!

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders February 17, 2015 at 5:00 PM I am deeply touched, Wilma...My grandfather had Alzheimer's and I always tried to be my most patient with him. There would be days he would curse us, and I'd just let him calm down and then hug him...I'm thankful for the time I had with him...hugs, Rhonda

Ilene Bauer February 17, 2015 at 4:01 PM very touching and beautifully written...

Poesy Relish February 17, 2015 at 10:19 AM a deep write Wilma... and how very true... a fav... lov, nad!

Janet Eaton February 17, 2015 at 6:20 AM Such a meaningful poem with such a great message. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy them while they are here cause when they are gone you will wish they were near. Hugs Janet