Learning from Miss Helen 8/31/13
Knowing Helen will be ok without me, I relax …
I relax because I see Helen living her worst nightmare
Yet she is still able to enjoy the moment,
Still able to engage …
Without memory,
Without mobility,
She is still able to dance hand-to-hand,
She still finds things funny enough to laugh,
She still shimmies seductively when the music moves her.
Helen doesn’t care about what she has forgotten;
But she knows enough to know that it was good.
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© Reece Burka 2/1/2019
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