Living With Dementia

By mcscraic

Sat, 20 Oct 2018

Living With Dementia

By Paul McCann

So who are you , wouldn’t you like to know .

You always seem so lost round here

With no place to go .

They say you’ve got dementia but what does that mean .

Are you here or over there,

Or somewhere in between ..

If I knew where we could meet

Would you say hello

And tell me what it was like not so long ago .

I want to know the reason why ,

you’re so misunderstood .

Tell me, could you explain ,

Do you think that you could .

Part of you has disappeared

And we’re the ones who’s left .

Some of us hear you speak

while others have gone deaf,

because they’re not really listening ,

they don’t really care

are you really somebody

and touch what’s not there .

Picking things up off the floor ,

that only you can see ,

You’re looking at someone else

and I know it’s not me you can see

because they questioned and assessed you ...

with dementia

But what is it that they’ve diagnosed .

You’re somebody I suppose that's got dementia

But you’re someone I know.,

maybe a mother or a father

part of a family ...

You’re never that forgotten to me .