"She Talks"

"She Talks"

 

"I love you," she said to the wall,
Seeing his face, where it was not...at all.
Smiling sweetly, she reached out to touch,
The one that meant to her...so much.
 
Speaking softly...to the wall,
Her mind heard...his loving call.
Talking of places...they had been,
Lost in memories, of where and when.
 
She takes his hand, and slowly walks,
Hearing his voice...yet only she talks.
Happily planning...their future it seems,
Knowing not...she speaks to a dream.
 
He remains with her...night and day;
Unaware to her...he went far away.
Happily in her thoughts...she remains
Holding a memory...where love had lain.
 
She talks to the face, in her mind,
Others knowing...she walks around blind.
Memory lost...in a long ago past,
Where life and love, for her...still last.
 
She talks to her love, leaning against the wall;
Not knowing she is speaking...to "no one" at all.

       Valentine

Reviews

[Nancy A Halbert]

So true about slot of people.

[Valentine]

Thank you. Kathie

[Lydia Shutter]

Alzheimer's robs us of so many loved ones....because they are robbed of so much. Compassionate and empathetic words, Kathie. Good rhyming. Lydi**

[Valentine]

Thank you Lydia. Kathie

[D Connolly]

This made me think of The Yellow Wallpaper; these people just lost in their own world, talking to the wall.

[Valentine]

Dani, I went to college to be credited with working with these people. Most are loving and kind but like children in a way..sad. Kathie

[Ted Kniffen]

Kathie, sometimes, as you have so aptly written, life deals people such a hard blow they withdraw into themselves. Your rhyming, as usual, is spot on, and your story well done.

[Valentine]

Thank you Ted, I appreciate your reviews. Kathie

[Norman 223]

In addition to the cadences in this poem Kathie, I love the way you have created a contradiction in each alternate line. Memories can be so nebulous, because they are what we want them to say.
Norman

[Valentine]

Some people get so far within themselves, they cannot come back out and live in yesterday or a fantasy world. Lose of mind is sad. Kathie

[SZHZIA]

How she is so emotional lady. You have penned beautifully her true emotions, sorrow with nice words. Thanks for sharing.

Best
szhzia

[Valentine]

Living in a lost minds dream. Kathie

[FIN]

Wow. Is all I have for words to describe this work of artistic, emotional and realistic expression.

Just... wow.

[Valentine]

Thank you for your kind words. Kathie

[wordman]

she lost her love long ago,now she talks to him ,goes to the places they were together just hoping for a moment,a memory running together with many more

[Valentine]

Ron, she is lost in a dream of what used to be but no longer is. Kathie

[Tony Jordan]

I get the image of a poor girl in a sanitorium having suffered a really horrific event which broke her mind and she is reduced from a beautiful confident woman to this shell that can't make out reality from fantasy.
Very strong piece Kathie.
:)

[Valentine]

Tony, the years I worked with the mentally challenged brought this write to mind. Kathie

[Einstein Noodle]

oh so tragic and sad my friend...well done ..solid story line start to finish ..never wavering right nor left ;)
very emotive for me ma'am! nicely done
E.

[Valentine]

Thank you so much for your kind words. Kathie