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What About Me?

By Deb Kosmer

Many people, so many people
ask about my loved one
they want to know how he is doing
how much he’s remembering
how much he’s forgetting?

Is he still enjoying life
Can he still do many things
Without help? on his own?
Is he angered, saddened by
the things he’s lost?

Sometimes I wonder
what’s wrong with them?
Why doesn’t anyone at least
once in awhile ask about me?
I am standing right in front of them.

Why can’t they see
that my life too has changed
that my pain and frustration
are real, I am real
Why can’t they
acknowledge my loss, acknowledge me?

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