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    In his former life DH was a creative director at a NYC ad agency and a writer having had some poetry published.
    He is in late stage 6-7 now having been in a facility since April '09.
    I finally had the courage to go through some of the contents of his desk and I found this poem he had written I am guessing about 8 years ago when he was in the early stage of Alz. I thought I'd share it as it painfully but also humorously shows the awareness that something was wrong:

    Often I Think

    Often I think
    that I think I’m thinking
    but nothing is going on.
    Where goes my mind?
    Where are my brains?
    Could both of them really be gone?
    Where are the priests?
    Where are the rabbis?
    Can some heavenly force be engaged?
    Or some judge declare
    my condition unfair
    and legality brought into play.
    Or maybe I’ll sit
    like a dimwitted twit
    till the problem just goes away


    A poem by Jerry H. in the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease
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    Such an insightful poem. It has brought me to tears. Thank you so much for sharing.
    • CommentAuthormidwestmn
    • CommentTimeJul 3rd 2013
     
    I think it's elegant . I'm going to copy it and share it with friends. It captures the tragedy with ironically good humor! How good of you to share it!
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    Wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing!
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    Thank you for sharing. It is beautiful and also sad. How awful it is for our loved ones,we really have no idea what it is like for them.
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    Awesome poem....
    • CommentAuthordivvi*
    • CommentTimeJul 3rd 2013
     
    bittersweet yet so true. thanks for sharing
    • CommentAuthorJanet
    • CommentTimeJul 3rd 2013
     
    Thank you, Maggieroni.
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    Self-awareness in Alzheimer's...a scary thing.
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    than you for sharing that...wow...what a poem. The heavenly forces were such a deep thing to say.
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      CommentAuthorNikki
    • CommentTimeJul 4th 2013
     
    I cringe just thinking about how aware our loved ones are/were about their fate. How frightening it must be for them *tears*
    The poem was beautiful, thank you for sharing it with us Maggie. So good to hear from you ♥
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    Beautiful poem. I was asked many times if my dh "knew". I always thought he "knew" what a person with dementia knew. Now I wonder how much he did know. Thanks for sharing this.
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    It's sad that he did not share this poem with me as he did with so much of his writing. Maybe he forgot. ;-)

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