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[sid] => 32005
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => A Stranger Am I
[time] => 2004-01-18 01:52:03
[hometext] => all poems i write are related one way or another to alzheimers, a tragedy all need to be aware of
[bodytext] => a stranger am i to my own mother i mourn her brain no longer knows her surroundings this is the beginning of the total shutdown the stage we all dread for it leads to the end a stranger am i to my own mother the cycle cant be altered or stopped in any way she has developed many different traits none good night time has become my enemy she doesnt sleep how can you survive in an atmosphered such as this a stranger am i to my own mother her world rotates only aroud her now i dont count she is not concerned with what i may need to live i tell her and i only get a blank stare in return it is this point i realize she is not there anymore a stranger am i to my own mother it hurts to know the gentle woman i call momma is gone i knew she was getting closer and yet im not prepared now she is depressed somewhere inside she wants to go she know what is happening and she is slowly giving up a stranger am i to my own mother [comments] => 2 [counter] => 254 [topic] => 39 [informant] => maryetta [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Grief )
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