When someone you love is diagnosed with dementia as a caregiver your own life gets turned inside out as well. In fact probably even more as the caregiver. But really who knows? All of us are having our own experiences through our personal realities. Who are any of us to say what's real or not real in any given moment for anyone else.
For me poetry and music have been consistent ways to examine emotions and personal growth the experience gifts me. Recently, I have found myself, once again, pulling at the threads my emotions through poetry. Some how by placing one word next to another I am able to find peace with grief. But even more powerful, I have been able to unravel the gift of the journey.
Here are two of my most recent poems:
a cardinal rests
it’s frozen reflection
~ encapsulated
your colorful life stilled
in a lake of memories
An Ode to a Voice
Out – from of a library shelf you looked at me
I reached out
touching your color
peeling back the covers
that hold your words
floating black ribbons
meander from white paper
across my virgin flesh
your vocal intonations
a seduction
of courage and whet incentives
an awakening
through syllabic art
transcribing the possibility of one’s true essence.
Written to celebrate the anniversary of dVerse Poets Claudia is tending and setting the bar high. We are all writing odes to poets.
very sensual..whew..
🙂 Thank you Mom/Nancy
Whet incentives 🙂 love the word play here….seductive write.
Thank you Nara. I really enjoyed reading your poem as well.
A voice. Carefully selected. Lovingly read. Connected. 🙂
Thank you Linda!
cool capture of that magic which a book can hold if we dare to peel back the covers and let us win by what it holds..
Thank you Claudia. This was poem rooted in a true experience that is for sure. I glad you like it that means a lot to me. Cheers!
a seduction of courage
and whet incentives…ha…
yes, words have that power,
to wrap us…and transcribe
the possibility…
cool write…and really enjoyed th review of your book….
Thank you Brian! Also a very huge thank you for the nice review you gave us on the book. I know you are busy and it meant a lot to us that you would review She Too for us. Cheers!