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I am a keen gardener, passionate about music and singing and playing my piano. I also love growing my own vegetables. I love being outdoors and enjoy long walks and hikes with my husband. Following my mum's diagnosis with dementia and her subsequent death in January 2024 I am always looking at ways of increasing awareness of Dementia through my songs and poetry.

  November 2023     10 days ago

Submitted Poems 13 total

A Difficult Journey

When their mind is gone, but their body remains
It is hard to accept, leastwise explain
The feelings that flood and rise with the pain
as we try to stay present, and not fall apart.
But with each day that passes our loved ones depart
to their...

– by LORRAINE BRUCE

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In Death, To the Earth Reborn

When the final breath, escapes with a sigh,
And a lifetime of moments, head for the sky,
We shed our frail bodies, like leaves from a tree,
To return as fragments, of what we once used to be.

But in death, there can be solace, a fountain of...

– by LORRAINE BRUCE

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Dementia Sucks

When the person you love dies, but their physical self you must sustain,
And all the memories turn bittersweet, your feelings are hard to explain.
Then when all hope appears to abandon you, but the love inside remains,
You soon understand the...

– by Lorraine Bruce

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The Robin

Well, that Robin, he came by again, today, to say hello!
His flash of red against the grey, a gentle warmth in tow,
And although the years go by, life moves on, and people come and go,
That Robin keeps on coming around, each day, to say hello!!
...

– by Lorraine Bruce

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Autumn Fall

Leaves of autumn swirl to the ground,
then wait in piles of fun, to be found
by children wearing warm winter coats,
who, will jump and kick up each wondrous mound
to hear those crunchy seasonal notes
with laughter, red cheeks, and tiny cold...

– by Lorraine Bruce

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Having lost my mum last year this hit a chord with me, very heartfelt x

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absolutely

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wow thank you so much for your beautiful words. I wrote this trying to make sense of my mums dementia and passing, so your comment makes me very happy and brings more comfort.

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should read ...make... not naked

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totally agree naked a brilliant illustrated short story for children

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I have an old green vase that belonged to my grandmother and your poem really hit home for me. It just seemed to flow and every line said something to me. Beautiful words, thank you!

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thank you for your beautiful words have a lovely Christmas

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thank you happy Christmas

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thank you. We went through the same with my dad first, then mum. Devastating, cruel and very sad.

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happy Sunday

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As you say Susan...The passage of time and experience gives us the opportunity to look at our lives, ourselves, in a different light. - so so very true.

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Hi Susan, thank you. Yes very heartfelt and also cathartic for me. Sending love and light

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hi, I know and each person is so different you cannot really prepare yourself enough. Sending love and light

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sorry to hear about your dad and your personal journey with dementia. As you say you certainly have to learn the hard way. Sending love and light

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