Learn From the Past #americana #microfiction #poetry

White wash will cover

mute it away

hide the reminder

agedness and decay

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 an old wizened face

 all knowing eyes

there is life and history

no paint can disguise

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more things than saw

behind the facade

a life, a story

so much had gone on

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if you try to separate

life from this place

you will miss what has happened

it will be a disgrace

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for when it was young

a beauty you’d see

a family, animals

 life-giving trees

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Now listen and learn

from vine-covered wood

a tale, antiquity

where history stoically stood

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Honey Where Are You? (Flash Fiction#Alzheimers)

I looked today

turned around

What did you say

Did you make a sound

“Honey I love you”

I heard her say

With all we’d been through

My memories at times seem so far away

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After speaking with a dear friend whose wife is captive in Alzheimer’s, I was inspired to write this Fiction for him, for her

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