The Most Cruel Disease
The Most Cruel Disease
By Elton Camp
Len Mosley was quite a man in his day
Little bad about him could anyone say
The life he lived was anyone’s dream
He had everything in life, it did seem
Happy and alert when he was a child,
Len was cheerful and always smiled
He became a teen, handsome & strong
Little in his life turned out to be wrong
And his intelligence was exceptional too
With his IQ, there was little he couldn’t do
After college, Len returned and took a wife
The two came to have a happy family life
With four children the couple were blessed
And in his chosen career Len progressed
The high school principal he finally became
By work and integrity, he added to his name
When he grew older, a change all could see
He was no longer the man that he used to be
Len became confused as to what he should do
As time passed, even more severe it grew
The doctor’s sad diagnosis finally came in
“I’m sorry, but it is Alzheimer’s my friend.”
Len struggled against it as hard as he could
That it was hopeless, his family understood
Finally, his children he couldn’t even recognize
For all of the brightness and light left his eyes
His family took care of Len in his own home,
But he began to leave and alone he’d roam
He was unaware that danger had come near
When over a hill, a Mack truck did appear
Both horn and brakes the truck driver tried
But it was to no avail and that day Len died
Alzheimer’s disease had destroyed his mind
To Len, that fate was the one most unkind
Copyright © Elton Camp | Year Posted 2011
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