Sitting in this nursing home hole
a nurse is singing golden oldies
through a karaoke machine
while Betty - old lady,
visits a husband
who doesn’t
remember her.
His brain is possessed
by Alzheimer’s.
Heartbreaking, I say as I drive her to him.
Yes, but you’ve got to live with it
because you can’t change it,
she says.
The nurse sings on valiantly
to an audience of
bib wearing,
comatose elders,
who can only slouch and stare.
64 years of marriage,
and now
she must travel
across the suburbs
to spend time
with the stranger she knows.
She’s right!
You must accept
what cannot be changed.
Despite the heartache.
Nevertheless,
my eyes brim
for the agony
of that
which cannot be changed.
mmm.....unimaginable and soooo sad.....Nice pic..