John

You take away my home

You put me in a cell

With beautiful surroundings

But ts still a kind of hell



You push me around and tell me what to do

When i am trying to adjust to everyhing thats new.



Unfamiliar faces, staring into space

Suddenly i am unaware of time or place



Grasping reality, no one out there who can see

What has the system done to me



I am still a father, brother and husband

WHAT HAS BECOME OF MY LIFE?



Just because im fighting it, its too strong for me you know

They have made a decision its time for me to go



The doctors, nurses, carers are playing their part

Trying to rebuild whats left of my bruised body mind and heart



There sno alternative but to carry on each day

IS IT NOT SUPPOSED TO BE EASIER BEING ELDERLY....


Author's Notes/Comments: 

I AM A SOCIAL CARE WORKER. THIS POEM WAS WRITTEN WITH A MAN I CAME TO KNOW THROUGH MY WORK. HE WAS MOVING TO NURSING CARE AT THIS TIME.

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