Alzheimer Images Poem by Toby Twigg

His lips were pursed
Not for kiss rather curse
Lips pressed closed and held
Lest come forth
The yellowing of white spittle upon the wall

Dusty lies withheld
Silence is spilled
Truth mistaken as understood
All is hidden beneath dreams
As faces formed in a carpet of themes
Staring up from the abyss

There is no respect found there
Only drool and staring eyes unseeing
Blinded by memories of never was
Such are the ways of the melting of age

All is medical now

Furrows are re-visited upon the brow
Trips & stumbles now
Confused
Stands alone amused
Lost in thought
Offered help
Refused it all

Then Father is …

Taken away
Taken away
Taken away.