The Caregiver
The travels of a caregiver follow many a road,
Some not fit for even a toad.
There is shock and disbelief when the diagnosis is pronounced,
Is it natural to be frightened? and angry? and then to get soused?
Or is it better to deny it and get giddy and clown?
Or perhaps to grin and bear it and just sit back and frown?
While I no doubt have tested each of these expressions,
I guess together they represent one very fine lesson.
Human endurance goes beyond what can be explained,
Far be it for me to try to disguise emotions so pained.
So let me move on to the love and affection
that might best describe the caregivers resurrection.
In searching for the words to describe the PD ordeal
One might reflect on today's action packed movie reels.
There are times when the action is so intense and profound,
That the inhabitants of the theater will not even turn around
For fear that the hero may soon be struck down
And the viewer will have missed the talk of the town.
And then there are times when the clock seems to tease
As my father enters the all to familiar freeze.
We brace for the fall which we know may follow
But we dream of the flight of the morning swallow.
The freeze may be followed by a bout of depression,
which can last for weeks in a terrifying progression
but with more love and understanding and medication at our side
this too can be seen as just another part of this ride.
As the road begins to narrow and we sense the end of the journey,
the forest seems to present a chance for yet another learning,
the trees look giant and the path is now obscured
and the toad comes to life. Yes he has endured.
He leaps through the forest and finds the spring water
and its refreshing qualities oft seen in a son and a daughter.
So now we take each day one day at a time, a journey of life
and we travel the road together as one families life.
Has PD rested my spirit and brightened my soul
and shown me the way through the caregivers role
or just reminded me of my love and devotion for my very best friend
as we travel this journey from beginning to the end?
By Bob Martone 10/97
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