there was a tear in her
coat pocket and
nickles
and
quarters
and
keys
fell out leaving a trail of
lost items behind
she wondered if there
might be a similar tear
in her brain trailing
names
and
dates
and
recent
memories
the pocket could be
patched but she wasn’t
so sure
about
the
brain
rhymeswithbug 
Ha! This is awesome. And I know the feeling very well. 🙂
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Thanks!
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Thanks
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at almost 60, I understand this !
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Oh my God.. emotions fully experienced are the
glue of loving.. crying .. fearful.. and all
memories in between.. to lose
emotion is same as heart..
or expressing that as spirit..
and without heart and spirit
expressing now the soul
dies a lonely
death as
life..
HOPE
IS EMOTION
AND POSSIBLE
AGAIN.. AS WELL..:)
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beautiful response!
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Sad fact how we will all get in that point in life sooner or later. Nice spin in there. Thanks for the poem!
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Thanks.
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That trail we leave, hopefully we have a companion helping us picking up those little memories.
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That’s a nice thought.
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Having a few close friends whose mothers went very rapidly downhill with dementia (it seemed to get worse day by day), this is particularly moving. I like the way you have one word per line, to mimic the dropping of things out of the bag and out of the mind, along the way…
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Thanks. I worked in long term care for many years. So hard on families.
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One fo the things that scares me in life – losing my mind and my memories. Alzheimers in particular is quite terrifying to me.
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It is scary.
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This is something we may have to face sooner in our lives…Good one Candy ~
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Thanks.
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If only it were possible,……… Hoping in our lifetime it will be.
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Hahahah–oh I know this well!
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The way you have written this….the tone, the connection made….is just done with such an ease and such a natural voice that it’s really beautiful and intelligent.
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Thank you so very much!
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