“Alzheimer's Ode” 

Like a breeze wafting over the unopened windows of my mind

Gathering and flowing over disappearing horizons where I reside

Looking back on yesterdays with so few tomorrows I abide

All that's left to offer is a pocket full of memories and threadbare alibis

Memories come like a whisper in the night

Thoughts just beyond reach and fleeing from sight

Coming in layers and dissolving in unconscious thought

Wafting visions growing in speed before they can be caught

Always evading and escaping like a prisoner in the dark

Like unexpressed passions and disappearing dreams

A fleeting spirit in the distant shadows of my mind!

Like a visceral image of one's past

Disappearing through the open door of one's illusions

Why is forever the question and I wonder why?

Missing something one's not quite sure of and wondering why?

It was never missed before and wondering why,

Like a thought fleeing from sight as you reach out to catch

Wafting by and gaining speed before it can be caught

Then watch it disappear through a closing window in your mind

fleeting memories just out of reach and I wonder why?

Dissolving in shadows always evading and escaping

Like unexpressed passions and disappearing dreams

Just out of reach and I wonder why?

Why is forever the question and I wonder why?

Lost in thought? or thought just lost!

Memories come and they go.

They come & go.