Alzheimer's

Rose was a lady in decline,
once a mind brilliant and fine,
through age or genetic line
she lost her mind in time,
unable to reality define,
we watched her wilt away,
recognition and memory astray,
into a painful, slow decay,
succumbing to fate's cruel play,
finally liberated from her earthly stay.

There 'll come a day,
hopefully, not too far away,
for solving this puzzling disease
when we stop spending on wars
but do needed research in peace.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz