Not just a what if story,
Sometimes I feel like this.
But I don't know why.
As tears swell up inside,
It's because I realise;
I don't know who I am.
This isn't an existential thing,
Bringing joy to everything.
It's that I don't understand,
Why I don't no who I am.
It's been like this everyday,
Since you went away.
I don't know who I am,
I'm such a lonely man.
I don't know where I fit,
Since the day that I lost you.
Why can't anybody else see,
Dementia not been good for me.
Then suddenly out off the blue,
Someone that nows who I am.
Rushed to be here by my side,
But I don't recognise my wife.
I look at her crying each day,
Trying to come to terms with this.
Because I don't know who she is:
I'm such a lonely man,
I can't remember who I am.
Poetry by Alan J Ripley
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Written on 2026-03-09 at 09:53
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Sometimes I feel like this.
MISSING ME. MISSING YOU
I wait at the taxi rank,But I don't know why.
As tears swell up inside,
It's because I realise;
I don't know who I am.
This isn't an existential thing,
Bringing joy to everything.
It's that I don't understand,
Why I don't no who I am.
It's been like this everyday,
Since you went away.
I don't know who I am,
I'm such a lonely man.
I don't know where I fit,
Since the day that I lost you.
Why can't anybody else see,
Dementia not been good for me.
Then suddenly out off the blue,
Someone that nows who I am.
Rushed to be here by my side,
But I don't recognise my wife.
I look at her crying each day,
Trying to come to terms with this.
Because I don't know who she is:
I'm such a lonely man,
I can't remember who I am.
Poetry by Alan J Ripley
Read 1 time
Written on 2026-03-09 at 09:53
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