What I Know About Alzheimer's

[71degrees]

I wondered the same about my mother. She died three years ago; her last three years were harder for me than for her. I like your poem, restrained, but the full emotional landscape is there.

I agree with Dale about punctuation and line breaks needing some attention, but that's just cosmetic. "pouring rain" is a tired phrase.

Thanks for posting this.

Thanks for your comments. I dropped the "rain" image altogether in my rewrite. You are correct.

Sorry about your mother. Folks w/Alzheimer's are at an odd peace. Much harder for the visitors. It's like talking to a painting, only the painting breathes.

I have addressed a couple of the line breaks. Thanks. Not a big fan of full stops. Will probably keep the punctuation as is.