Alzheimer’s poem # 8: Why I call my mother Lois

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

in 77 years, she had
so many different names

her husband and friends
called her Lo,
& we 3 called her Mom

& when she forgot
she was a mother
& that she had a nickname once

when she started calling
me “Mother,”

I called her
what my grandmother called her–

Lois,
because she would answer.

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About Susan L Daniels

I am a firm believer that politics are personal, that faith is expressed through action, and that life is something that must be loved and lived authentically--or why bother with any of it?
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2 Responses to Alzheimer’s poem # 8: Why I call my mother Lois

  1. Noel Ihebuzor's avatar Noel Ihebuzor says:
    May 3, 2012 at 10:15 am

    A short song of a lady who struggled to remember and a loving daughter who remembers that struggle and a love that defies transition. Susan, you must remember but you must now go beyond!

  2. Susan L Daniels's avatar Susan L Daniels says:
    May 3, 2012 at 12:58 pm

    Yes, you are too right–I was going to write it out in 10 poems, but perhaps I have finished early, as I now think I have said all I can 🙂

    By the way, missed your comments–welcome back to electronic poetry-land 🙂

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