Help me remember me

by Daisy Wells   Aug 13, 2007


I wake up and see a stranger looking at me
Yet she knows my name, how can that be?
She chatters away while i try to think
Why she's touching my clothes and filling the sink

I put on a smile and embrace the small talk
I'm glad someones here I'm having trouble to walk
As i look around i see nothing i know
I just feel so lost beaten and low

When i start to cry she says " whats the matter? "
I don't know i reply am i mad as a hatter?
Who are you where am i wheres my Jim?
What are you doing here instead of him?

A thousand questions past my mouth
Your here shes says because of your health
This is a care home, you live here now
Why, when, where, how?

She begins to undress me and cover me with powder
As she instructs, her voice gets angry and louder
Shes losing her patients as i struggle to comprehend
I know now this illness, tablets won't mend

I'm ready now walking to breakfast slowly but sure
I see a dozen new faces as i walk in the door
Faces of strangers none of them i know who
Please god whats happening give me a clue

Yesterday i was happy at home and busy
Today i am broken confused and dizzy
Why can't i remember present nor past
Is this just temporary or will forever last

The day goes by with strangers a new
I'm frightened as i realize I'm a stranger to
They say my family have come in, a smile on my face
Maybe they've come to get me out of this place

No such luck as i watch them leave
The smile fades and again i grieve
For a past lost and a future i cannot see
I ask again god please help me remember me!

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  • 17 years ago

    by CY GINDLE

    Ur a amazing writer never stop 5/5