Dedicated to all who have watched a loved one suffer from the ravages of Alzheimers
Grandma
Grandma, are you in there?
The thoughts that linger
Behind misty blue eyes
Are they as shadowed
As today’s nebulous skies
Or are they honed in past
With life’s memories dear
When times were so simple
And your mind was clear
Moods change lightning-quick
On the turn of a dime
To grasp recollection
Is a mountain you climb
The words you can’t find
And tasks where you stumble
Fear makes you distrust
As you feel your world crumble
Every day, every hour
The flicker is there
It tears at my heart
When I see your despair
Like photographs etched
Names run through your head
But people you treasure
Dear Grandma, they’re dead
You’ve got quite a family
But call us all, ‘Susan’
Oh, what we’d all give
To see you there, again
Grandma, are you in there?
© J C Edwards