Sickness Poems - Page 2

21. Let Me Go

• By Laura J Sanders
• Published by Family Friend Poems June 2023 with permission of the Author.

Let me go, release me like a flying kite.
Let me go, let me fade, like day turns to night.
Watch me sink, like the deep orange setting sun.
For 'twas a sunset of dreams I once provided for everyone.

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22. Fading

• By Danb Fernie
• Published by Family Friend Poems March 2023 with permission of the Author.

I know that nothing ever lasts,
and my memories, they're fading fast,
but I have my photographs,
and I know we used to laugh.

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23. When I Made My Vow

• By Ann D. Stevenson
• Published by Family Friend Poems June 7, 2024 with permission of the Author.

'For better for worse'
I did not know
what worse was going to be,
that I would lose

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24. After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes

Famous Poem

• By Emily Dickinson

After great pain a formal feeling comes--
The nerves sit ceremonious like tombs;
The stiff Heart questions--was it He that bore?
And yesterday--or centuries before?

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25. Dementia

• By Caroline J. Pennington
• Published by Family Friend Poems June 30, 2024 with permission of the Author.

Well I'm spinning
And I'm spinning
Like a carousel
In your arms

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