I want to jump into the aged photographs
I find hidden in your rooms
I want to know you
before this
before me
and scrubs
and homes for the elderly
before your confusion
your memory of your own life washed away like oil in the sidewalk
after a rainstorm
I want to know your late lover
I want to stand at your wedding
and watch you kiss during a time when love was real
I want to see you in your career
with your family
walking your dog
but all I see is aged photos
from the fifties
glazed over eyes
wrinkles
and wheelchairs
I know you're in there
and I don't care how deep I have to dig
I will find you
YOU ARE READING
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Poetrypoetry written by me over the last 3 years. embark on my journey with me - entry into nursing practice the death of my father moving to a new city
