A Sigh Of A Different Kind

Similarities, between depression and Alzheimer's Disease.

There are days

Which I find myself

Slipping

Ever deeper

Into a mental darkness.

As if

Alzheimer's Disease

Has taken ahold

Upon my soul

In it's tightening grip.

But

A far more heinous disease

Has sunken its talons

Around my body

And soul.

Crushing my heart

With every pulse

Of blood

Through my body.

The days merge

Into one huge blur

Of sleeping

And waking up.

As the inbetween days

Disappear

Before me.

Only

To be reminded

Of them

By a nearby calendar

On the desk.

Never mind

Those impulse buys

Scattered

Over the bedroom floor.

Latest throw rug

To grace

This room.

Cursing

For umpteenth time

My missing keys

And polarized glasses.

I had

Just a second ago.

Staring at me

From the kitchen table

Where I placed them

Upon entry

In my apartment.

I do swear

Am losing my mind

With each new episode

To play before me.

Except

I do know

Who's responsible

For this disastrous decline

Of mine.

Clinical depression.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer's_disease

Author's Note

If you think, or have a family history of Alzheimer's, please have yourself, checked out, as it take a long clinical examination, lasting years, before the medical community can rule it out. And yes, many of the symptoms, are shared, with depression.

Reviews

[Jamestown]

This disease is no joke, I am happy to have read this and that you are trying to warn other
Good job!

[therisa]

Thank you, Jamestown, for your supportive words. As a sufferer, of PTSD (physical and psychological abuse) and depression, I'm at risk of developing this. Some, in the medical community think Alzheimer's, maybe, the third form of diabetes.