These poems were written by members of the Gathering Place, a weekly enrichment group for people living with dementia, held at the Greenwood Senior Center. The group collectively wrote these haikus to describe some of their most salient experiences receiving medical care and the challenging emotions that arose for them through their experiences living with dementia.
As published in Dimensions Magazine
Dementia they say
and the world shrinks away.
Who can take you home?
A looming white coat,
“You can still do many things” -
I drive home crying.
But can I still work?
My former life is changed.
Footsteps hurry by.
Shiny white clean floors.
How do I tell my friends
Or my family?
You can no longer drive
Anger, disbelief, fear.
See you in three months.
