Tag Archives: Alzheimer’s

AM TORRES: Lapse in Winter

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I was never so afraid
one night in winter,
when you were lost
you simply walked out
not saying a word.

Alzheimer’s Disease
the danger was real
where did you go?
I’ve worried so much.

To see you this way
it’s not fair,
surreal, unreal
you’re a whole different person.

Ana M. Torres (aka A.M. Torres) is the author of the Child Series beginning with Love Child which was first published in 2011. She has also published her poetry books Shadowed Tears, and Turmoil. She currently lives in New York with her two sons. See more at christmas1102.wixsite.com/mysite.

G ALLEN WILBANKS: Memory Thief

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“Isn’t that the funniest thing you ever heard?”

“Yes, mom. It’s a wonderful story. But it’s time for bed. Good night.”

I sigh and think to myself, when you wake up tomorrow you can tell it again, and I will pretend it’s the first time I ever heard it. Again.

G. Allen Wilbanks is a member of the HWA and has published over 40 short stories in Deep Magic, Daily Science Fiction, The Talisman, and other venues. He has published two short story collections, and his first novel, When Darkness Comes, was released in October, 2017. For more information, visit gallenwilbanks.com.

CATHERINE MATHEWS: Old Age

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The time had come for growing old together. She welcomed it with no regret, foreseeing tranquil days of tales retold, of common memories.

But he has lost the early days they shared. He wanders without her in a shadowy past.

Alone she cares for him; alone he lives on unaware.

Catherine Mathews is a State Department retiree formerly stationed overseas in Paris, Rome, Tel Aviv, Athens, Frankfurt, and Istanbul. She is now living in Northern Virginia and writing about her life.