Age-Related Memory Impairment - Vilma Ginzberg

[Larry Robinson]

Age-Related Memory Impairment


every once in a while

I stand on this island of time

without purpose or intent

unmoored from my craft

cut off from my history


it is a lonely place

this unknown fog-wrapped shore

where yesterday has disappeared

tomorrow seems out of reach

and I am not sure of my path

or if my call will be answered


until now I have been allowed

after a little while 

to return home 

to my clear-skied mainland

where my mind and I

hug each other in relief

and play again

in the sandbox of my elderhood

as if being whole 

were a holiday gift

to be treasured


	- Vilma Ginzberg