Tuesday, March 13, 2012

6:30pm, the First Tuesday of Every Month

Walked into the dining room
to a sea of blank faces,
wrinkles and spectacles everywhere.
Some even mumbling,
"who is she?"
" What's a colored girl
doing here?"
they clearly don't remember
I gave 3 years of my life to them,
caring for their most basic needs..
But boy, when I bellowed out
the Old Rugged Cross
at the sturdy upright,
they joined me,
words remembered and voices hopeful.
There are some things
Alzheimer's
can't touch..

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