Silver (Dementia)

I wish,
It was just,
My memory,
That’s going,
I wish,
It was just,
Old age,
But it’s much,
More,
Than that,
I live,
In world,
Of silver,
Dull,
And unending,
I am slow,
To think,
Slow to act,
I’ve accused,
People wrongly,
I’ve worried,
Anxiously,
Over little things,
I’m afraid,
To go out,
Encase,
I fall,
Again,
So,
I shelter,
Myself,
In this silver,
Web,
For comfort,
I need assistance,
Going,
To the dentist,
The doctor,
And even the hairdresser,
I need someone,
To make,
Those appointments,
For me,
But,
I want to independent,
I can stand,
On my own,
Two feet,
If I only,
I could remember,
How not,
To trip up,
If only,
I could remember,
How I got,
That bruise,
On my arm,
Last week,
I repeat,
Myself a lot,
But I don’t,
Realise,
I get confused,
When,
My family,
Gets angry at me,
I don’t want,
To go to the doctors,
The problem,
Will go away,
The silver web,
Will disappear,
On its own,
No-one needs,
To interfere,
I’ll be able,
To go out,
Again soon,
Start seeing,
Old friends,
Will I remember,
Their names?
Will I remember,
The first time,
We met?
Will I remember,
The good days?
The world,
Is going by too fast,
I’m getting old,
And slow,
I need my family,
To be patient,
With me,
As I was with them,
I’m not young,
Anymore,
This web,
Is not natural,
By any means,
I can feel,
It draining parts,
Of me each day,
And each day,
Another face,
Fades away,
Into the web,
Where I can,
No longer reach