MIND AND BODY – BROKEN MIND

When does it start?
And how
Does someone flick a switch?
Is it like that?
There must be a beginning
Everything begins
This must begin with a cell
Just one dieing
Then another
Cell by cell
Until it happens
And you notice something
Something
Not quiet right
Names said wrong or forgotten
You dismiss it
But something’s not right
The one day
You see a look of vagueness
Of alarm
Then the realization
The person you have known and loved
For a life time
Is looking at a stranger
And the stranger is you
It’s only short lived,
The first time
But it happens again
Because cell by cell
It steals their mind
Steals their dignity
And takes away their personality
Perhaps the cruelest twist
Is the body stays healthy
As the brain is afflicted
And for you
There is no happy ending
When decay takes the mind
And for you
There is no redemption
For you there is
Only the hope you dare not mention
Hope of a merciful release
To have the one you love at peace