View From My Window

Dementia

The white petals fall around me
like snowflakes
the wind roars in my ears
like an old man who pleads
to be left alone

let me grow my garden,
he says,
you'll forget to
water them

in the light I see him smiling,
reminiscing the memories
I can no longer remember.


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Dementia

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