Reality Fading
I sit here trapped in this body.
Daily routines, do define.
I only want to sleep.
If only they would let me.
Why can't I make them understand.
Why must my body fail me.
This palsy that weakens my mind.
Fixated forty years ago,
I struggle to remember those I loved.
Once familiar faces are now strangers.
These unknown people who say they love me.
They must be confused, thinking of someone else.
I don't know them.
This delimma frightens me.
I struggle to control my freedom that they steal away.
They bind my hands, for my own good.
Afraid I will hurt them.
If I get free, I will. I don't know them.
They all want to hurt me.
These strangers with my eyes,
that call me Mom.
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