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This may relate to my father's dementia he experienced before he died in 2021. But, it came from nowhere so maybe it relates to something else.

In bare trees
I’ve lost something
to grey winds passing

to thoughts that should have
lingered longer

but they drifted by
like leaves downstream
into the mist

The grass bends
in the lifeless field
I call me

and I go on
for more seasons
than I can stand.

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    1. On point, Tim. I love the reflective nature of this. It has powerful meaning on its own, as a read for us too.
      My father died slow, and quite aware of it all, til the end. I was his friend more than his son. But it was crushing just as much.
      Your write is outstanding.

      • Thank you Styx. You’re lucky, my father didn’t know who I was in the end. He thought I was a hospital worker being he was in and out of there so much. He may have known on the last night, but I’ll never know for sure.

    2. Tim, I felt this in the marrow of my bones deep in a place I haven’t visited in so long. Truly a deeply felt poem with a melancholy beauty that was perfect for this night’s reading.

      John

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