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Nov 27, 2009
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THE SILENCE OF MADNESS -redone
THE SILENCE OF MADNESS: IN MEMORIAM
[Dementia]
Twisted and tornAnguish Of a stolen mindFearSwept youIntoThe depthsOf hell.A soul lostWandering in silent screams. Tortured byThe dark sideOf the imaginationFantasiesVisionsToo horrible to tell.Your eyes begged for an end Longing to go home*AgainA soul lostWandering in confusion. Swirling ever downwardsInto unspeakableMadness.No releaseNo control. Cruel moments of recognition.Lost and lonely soulYou knew. * A desire to go "home" is a common statement by dementia and Alzheimer's patients. As iIwas to understand, this was their silent recognition that they were not the "same." "Home" represented that former state of well being.
[Dementia]
Twisted and tornAnguish Of a stolen mindFearSwept youIntoThe depthsOf hell.A soul lostWandering in silent screams. Tortured byThe dark sideOf the imaginationFantasiesVisionsToo horrible to tell.Your eyes begged for an end Longing to go home*AgainA soul lostWandering in confusion. Swirling ever downwardsInto unspeakableMadness.No releaseNo control. Cruel moments of recognition.Lost and lonely soulYou knew. * A desire to go "home" is a common statement by dementia and Alzheimer's patients. As iIwas to understand, this was their silent recognition that they were not the "same." "Home" represented that former state of well being.
— Geremia, Nov 27, 2009
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lyz
16 years 6 months ago
Scary
Geremia
16 years 6 months ago
J.B. Longo-GeremiaI am fine,
Seren
16 years 6 months ago
Dear Joe
Geremia
16 years 6 months ago
J.B. Longo-GeremiaThank you.