"Migraine. Pressure. Tension..."
Migraine. Pressure. Tension.
poignant and sweeping.
Grandma, in dementia:
- Show me where I’m sleeping.
Restless premonition,
for the thirteenth time.
Thirteenth repetition.
I take her hand in mine…
Grandma, you must rest soon.
There’s no use in talking…
A photo of the guestroom
to reduce the walking.
Calm, she gazes tenderly,
I’m ashamed and weeping…
Photographs for memory,
relics for safe-keeping.