Just Because Poetry
By: Haley
Just because I have Alzheimer's,
Doesn’t mean I’m not smart,
It doesn’t mean I don’t understand you
It doesn’t mean you need to baby me,
I’m still an adult
Just because I can’t talk,
doesn’t mean I can’t hear you,
Just because you come see,
doesn’t mean you want to be here,
I know,
I don’t either
Just because seeing me makes you sad
doesn’t mean I don’t want to laugh
It doesn’t mean you should treat me differently,
I’ll still the same person on the inside
Just because I can’t tell you,
Doesn’t mean I don’t want to thank you
It doesn’t mean I don’t want this,
It definitely doesn’t mean I don’t love you
I’ll always love you
Just because I’m in heaven now,
doesn’t mean you shouldn’t remember me,
It doesn’t mean you can’t talk about good memories about me,
It does mean that you should remember the good times
Before I got Alzheimer's