washed out faces on shrivelled cardboard
black and white images stuck on an album page
increasingly faded from memory
revive nostalgias in purple clothing
a long sight glides over a picture
deformed fingers shadow caress
a child smiling, hopeful, face
not more resembling the mirror reflection
painfully changed in time’s unpredictable
metamorphosis.
a smile sunk in sadness
a tear oozed down the creased cheek
a never answered question
succumbs in a slow head swing
reflecting about the dark future
now when the diagnostic reads
Alzheimer.
~ David Kimel
