Words are powerful. They can hurt, they can heal. They can relieve stress or add to it. They can discourage or they can inspire! We’d love to hear the words that inspire you. AGIS has added a section to their online forums for you to share poems, stories and prayers that help you. Feel free to read and be inspired or add your own favorites.

Here’s one I found the other day that touched me deeply.

Eyes That Don’t See

by Douglas K. Thompson

Her eyes stare but no message they share.
A treadmill of travail, mind is not aware.
Her eyes look, yet they hunger to see.
Oblivious to all she doesn’t know me.

Chambers of imagery gone from her mind.
The black shadow of forgetfulness is kind.
She has eaten the bitter herbs of this affliction.
Cognition fleeting by this sinister imposition.

Struggling for knowing all but gone.
Blissful nothingness her daily song.
More is less for eyes that don’t see.
Light is empty she doesn’t know me.

Her mind now a tangled web of dying cells.
Blocking pathways where memory dwells.
O Lord, call her home made for her above.
Restore her joy in the very presence of your love.

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