How many tears,
And poems about tears,
Arrive unexpectedly?
A word, a photograph,
A comment, a memory,
Triggers unexpectedly?
This disease, this horror,
Ten years in the making,
Arrived unexpectedly.
Ten year in the making,
Yet the current events,
Still arrive unexpectedly.
His violence and threats,
Uncontrolled panic,
Not expected.
His mishaps, incontinence,
Falls and seizures,
Not expected.
Long term facility care,
Alzheimer's unit placement,
Not expected so easily.
His living only in the moment,
No questions about why,
Not expected so easily.
His calm and contentment
Returning and maintaining,
Not expected so easily.
No longer mobil, in a wheel chair,
Tremmors, weakness, bad posture,
Not expected so quickly.
Inability to feed himself,
Or position himself comfortably,
Not expected so quickly.
So many "Never Agains."
So many "Forevers"
Until the final breath, death.
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