OctPoWriMo 2017: Day 16: Defying Fear

Photoshop manipulation by The Real Cie

i

will always

be amazed by

how gracefully you handled

the very worst of diagnoses

being told that you would lose

not only your life but yourself

you must have been afraid

as smart as you are

surely you knew

there was no miracle cure

no happy ending

but you never let it show

you were more concerned 

with not becoming a bother

than with what was happening to you

i'm so very sorry

i wish there was something

i could do to reverse

the deterioration

to let you be

yourself again

but i'm afraid

the only way for that to happen

is for you to be free

of a body

with a brain

that no longer

works for

you

Love,

Cie

Note:

The prompt today was fear. I have always thought one of the worst things that could happen would be to develop dementia. As Glen Campbell's widow said, it's better to die some other way. 

Malcolm Young handled his dementia diagnosis with unbelievable grace and dignity. A lot of people decried him as being a rather uninteresting person. I never saw him as such. He was shy and came from humble circumstances. He wasn't given to bragging about himself or strutting around like a peacock. Personally, I found his lack of bravado impressive. 

Malcolm was truly brave as opposed to being a puffed-up poser. He stood only five foot three but never backed down regardless of the size of his opponent. Sadly, the processes which cause dementia are not something that even the bravest of souls can win against.

This is my favorite of the angel wing manipulations I made a couple of years ago. I think it expresses the truth of the relationship between these fellows, who are, in my opinion, two parts of the same soul