Moon In Mercury Poem by Theodora (Theo) Onken

Saying good-bye
To the present and past
Once created memories
Were never meant to last.

Once familiar faces
To some they are now blind
As they slowly but surely
Loose their precious mind.

Once able to walk and talk
With freedom and clear sound
Now too many lost words
As, too often, they fall to the ground.

Living in a world of now strangers
Finally, no longer knowing their face
Yet, God still carries them along
With HIS forever always loving grace.

For they do not know
What their tomorrow's will be
While staring at a life
They no longer can see.

It is an unforgiving illness
With no reason's why
It is the sorrowful world
Of the overwhelming long good-bye.


By, Theodora Onken

March 27, 2016