PRISONER of DEMENTIA, a poem

The prisoner of dementia

listens to her meaningless rants

without end

endures  her rages

a helpless witness

The contract requires

for better or worse

so he is bound

by those sworn words

until the end

Occasionally she says

in a very sad lament

I don’t want to live

this way anymore

Neither do I

ALWAYS CONNECTED, a poem

ALWAYS CONNECTED

The Kahunas contend

a single simple touch

will join us

like twins with a filament

of ectoplasm forever

So the connection created

by any long loving marriage

or an extended relationship

must surely produce links

thick as ancient redwoods

Those heavy bonds survive

divorce or separation

with the once loved

ties never erased

always remembered

(April 16, 2017)

SITTING in SILENCE, a poem

SITTING in SILENCE

So many couples sitting

in silence in restaurants

We always spoke

engaged in sweet conversation

looking into each other’s eyes

Why an absence of dialogue?

their disconnected lives speaking?

We were joined

in lively discourse

reflecting our love

Having eaten and paid the bill

they exit to their dreariness

We connected again

in the privacy

of our lovely home

(April 4, 2017)

LOST LOVE, a poem

LOST LOVE

I loved you

You loved me

We loved each other

Now we are free