White Spots On The Brain Comments

Herbert, You've managed to share all the tangled emotion and harsh realities in this work. I applaud you and thank you for this poem. Especially love your dialogue switching to Duetch, so real, so horribly real. Warmly, Carolynn

It is a heartbreaker (both your poem and the affliction.) You nailed it so well...the poor soul who thinks he has been abandoned. Names and people come and go in his tired brain and no place feels safe. The older I get, the more I panic if I forget my car keys (until I remember that when I was twenty, I constantly locked the keys in the car, so I guess it isn't dementia. I was amused at the name dropping you did here. Your mind does take twists and turns, hmm? Good poem. Raynette

Yes, Herbert. I like this. I agree with Mahnaz. I too have had the experience of watching my grandmother's 'spirit' ravished away. At first...it appears as though a slight forgetfulness is settling in as with age, this happens. However, it becomes apparent there's something else developing and you want to help the victim to make 'it' go away! But it doesn't and it soon becomes painful to witness. Thanks Herbert for your poem. LSP

Alzheimers is a sad way to go...I've seen it in some of my realitives. You have depicted very well here Herbert!